HSK 3 · Family

别人 biéren “other people” in Chinese

Traditional 別人

What 别人 means

  1. other people
  2. others
  3. other person

How to say 别人

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale别bié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own人renneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

别人 in a sentence

  1. 他叫我对别人好一点。

    Tā jiào wǒ duì biéren hǎo yìdiǎn.

    He told me to be nicer to other people.

    Sentence #336072 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 用手指点别人不礼貌。

    Yòng shǒuzhǐ diǎn biéren bù lǐmào.

    It’s bad manners to point at people.

    Sentence #5091092 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我不喜欢别人在背后议论我。

    Wǒ bù xǐhuan biéren zài bèihòu yìlùn wǒ.

    I don’t like people talking about me behind my back.

    Sentence #3078783 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 别人 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 别 (bié) with each of its parts in a different colour
别biéto leave; to part
  • 另another · lìng
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

Memory aidA knife 刂 cutting things apart: to separate. As a command, 别 means “don't”.

The character 人 (rén) drawn as one shape
人rénperson; peoplelight in 别人

人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.

How to write 别人

别 7 strokes · 人 2 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

别人 (biéren) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 别人 (biéren). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 别人

Words with 别

别bié · don’t特别tèbié · special别的biéde · other区别qūbié · difference性别xìngbié · gender分别fēnbié · to part告别gàobié · to say goodbye个别gèbié · individual别墅biéshù · villa鉴别jiànbié · to distinguish

Words with 人

人rén · person家人jiārén · family member男人nánrén · man女人nǚrén · woman客人kèrén · guest有人yǒurén · someone人们rénmen · people大人dàren · adult老人lǎorén · old person病人bìngrén · patient

More words: People, Body & Health

姓名xìngmíng · full name手shǒu · hand头tóu · head阿姨āyí · auntie客人kèrén · guest邻居línjū · neighbour奶奶nǎinai · grandma叔叔shūshu · father’s younger brother

FAQs

别人 (biéren) means “other people” or “others”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it biéren: bié with a 2nd tone, then ren with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 别人 is written 別人. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bieren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 别人 from the suggestions. Typing bieren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
别人 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.