Sentence #533744 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 个人 is built
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个gèindividual
人person · rén
丨line · gǔn
Memory aidDrawn from a single stalk of bamboo: one item. It is now the everyday measure word.
人rénperson; people
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 个人
个 3 strokes · 人 2 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 个人 (gèrén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
个人 (gèrén) means “individual” or “personal”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gèrén: gè with a 4th tone, then rén with a 2nd 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, 个人 is written 個人. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type geren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 个人 from the suggestions. Typing geren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
个人 is an HSK 5 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.
个gè4th tone, falling
人rén2nd tone, rising
