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人物

rénwù
nounHSK 5

“Person” in Chinese is 人物 (rénwù).

Meaning

  • person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance)
  • character (in a play, novel etc)
  • (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting

Example

无论书中的人物是真实的还是完全假想的,他们能成为你的伙伴和朋友。

Whether the characters in a book are real or completely imaginary, they can become your friends and companions.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

More HSK 5 words

Not to be confused with: 任务 (rènwu, mission; assignment; task; duty; role)