个人

个人 gèrén in a sentence

Individual (oneself)

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 101 sentences

个人 (gèrén) means Individual (oneself). Below are 24 of the 101 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

这只是我 个人 的看法。

Zhè zhǐ shì wǒ gèrén de kànfǎ.

This is only my personal view.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 个人

个人 的力量是有限的。

Gèrén de lìliàng shì yǒuxiàn de.

One person's strength is limited.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 个人

这 个人 很实在。

Zhège rén hěn shízài.

This person is very down to earth.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 实在

每 个人 都有缺点。

Měi ge rén dōu yǒu quēdiǎn.

Everyone has shortcomings.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 缺点

两 个人 相对坐着。

Liǎng ge rén xiāngduì zuò zhe.

The two of them sit facing each other.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 相对

他硬要一 个人 去。

Tā yìng yào yí ge rén qù.

He insisted on going alone.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 硬

每 个人 都有一本书。

Měi gè rén dōu yǒu yì běn shū.

Everyone has a book.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 每

我们还缺少一 个人 。

Wǒmen hái quēshǎo yí ge rén.

We are still one person short.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 缺少

一 个人 在家很无聊。

Yí ge rén zài jiā hěn wúliáo.

It is boring being at home alone.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 无聊

每 个人 都该有梦想。

Měi ge rén dōu gāi yǒu mèngxiǎng.

Everyone should have a dream.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 梦想

他这 个人 有点顽固。

Tā zhège rén yǒudiǎn wángù.

He is rather obstinate.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 顽固

这 个人 心眼儿很好。

Zhège rén xīnyǎnr hěn hǎo.

This person is very good-hearted.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 心眼儿

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From the graded readers

面试我的一共有两 个人 。

miàn shì wǒ de(possessive) yīgòng yǒu liǎng gèrén.

Two people interviewed me.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview

那 个人 点了点头,没说什么。

nèigè rén diǎn le / liǎo / liào diǎntóu, méi shuō shénme.

The interviewer nodded and said nothing.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview

那天晚上,我一 个人 在阳台上坐着。

nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang, wǒ yīgè rén zài yángtái shàng zuòzhe.

That evening I sat on the balcony on my own.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival

我认出了中间那 个人 ——是我妈妈。

wǒ rènchū le / liǎo / liào zhōngjiǎn nèigè rén—— shì wǒ māma.

I recognised the one in the middle — it was my mother.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph

我家有四 个人 :爸爸、妈妈、哥哥和我。

wǒ jiā yǒu sì gèrén: bàba, māma, gēge hé wǒ.

There are four people in my family: dad, mum, my older brother and me.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family

那天下午,礼堂里坐了差不多三百 个人 。

nà / nèi tiānxià wǔ, lǐtáng lǐ zuò le / liǎo / liào chàbuduō sānbǎi gèrén.

That afternoon there were nearly three hundred people in the hall.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech

可是奇怪的是,没有一 个人 因此不理我。

kěshì qíguài de / dì shì, méiyǒu yīgè rén yīncǐ bùlǐ wǒ.

But oddly enough, not a single person stopped speaking to me.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No

From the travel phrasebook

这个够两 个人 吃。

Zhège gòu liǎng ge rén chī.

That's enough for two people.

Travel phrasebook · Reading a Chinese menu

From the grammar library

你家有几 个人 ?

Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ ge rén?

How many people are in your family?

Grammar library · HSK 1 · Question words stay in place

一共二十二 个人 。

Yígòng èrshí'èr ge rén.

Twenty-two people in total.

Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two

我不是一 个人 来的。

Wǒ bú shì yí ge rén lái de.

I didn't come on my own.

Grammar library · HSK 4 · 是…的 — emphasising the details

这个房间能坐五十 个人 。

Zhège fángjiān néng zuò wǔshí ge rén.

This room can seat fifty people.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 会 / 能 / 可以 — three ways to say "can"

个人 appears in 101 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Questions about 个人

How is 个人 used in a sentence?

This page shows 101 sentences using 个人 (gèrén, "Individual (oneself)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 个人 an HSK word?

Yes — 个人 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 个人?

The dictionary page for 个人 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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