<< HSK Level 1 Lessons
第1课:

Nǐ hǎo! Hěn gāoxìng rènshì nǐ.
你好!很高兴认识你。
Hello! Nice to meet you.
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Tāmen shì zhōngguó rén.
他们是中国人。
They are Chinese people.
语法点: Pronoun + 们
Chinese pronouns have singular and plural forms. 们 is used after a pronoun to indicate a plural form, such as: 他们,它们,她们,我们,你们.
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Wǒmen shì běijīng rén.
我们是北京人。
We are from Beijing.
语法点: Gender: 他 & 她
Only written form of Chinese third-person pronouns has the gender distinction.
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Tā shì xuéshēng.
他是学生。
He is a student.
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Wǒ rènshì tā.
我认识她。
I know her.
语法点: Subjective and Objective
There is no grammatical distinction between subjective and objective case forms in Chinese personal pronouns.
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Zhè shì wǒ de shū.
这是我的书。
This is my book.
语法点: Possessive: Pronoun + 的
There is no possessive pronoun in Chinese. "Pronoun + 的" is used to indicate ownership.
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Nà běn shū shì wǒ de.
那本书是我的。
That book is mine.
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部首 Chinese Radical

【亻】 俗称“单人旁”。用“亻”的字多与“人”有关。
The radical "亻" is commonly known as 单人旁(Dān rén páng). Characters with the radical 亻 are usually related to people, and this radical is always placed on the left side of a character.
108 HSK Characters containing 亻.
词根 Word Root

人 can be used alone or in compound words to express the meaning of "man, person, people".
In some words, the role of 人 is the same as English suffixes like -er, -ian, and -ese. The structure of these words is Country/City/Region + 人, for example: 中国人, 北京人, 南方人.
There are 35 words containing 人 in HSK level 1-6 vocabulary.
35 HSK words containing 人