别人 (biérén) means Others. Below are 24 of the 52 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
别人 的东西不能拿。
Biéren de dōngxi bù néng ná.
You mustn't take other people's things.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 别人
他总是迁就 别人 。
Tā zǒngshì qiānjiù biéren.
He always accommodates others.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 迁就
请别用手指着 别人 。
Qǐng bié yòng shǒu zhǐ zhe biérén.
Please do not point at other people.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 指
这样停车妨碍 别人 。
Zhèyàng tíng chē fáng'ài biéren.
Parking like this gets in other people's way.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 妨碍
别在背后议论 别人 。
Bié zài bèihòu yìlùn biéren.
Do not talk about people behind their backs.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 议论
别指望 别人 来帮你。
Bié zhǐwàng biéren lái bāng nǐ.
Don't count on others to help you.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 指望
他处处为 别人 着想。
Tā chùchù wèi biéren zhuóxiǎng.
He considers other people's needs at every turn.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 着想
批评 别人 也要讲道理。
Pīpíng biérén yě yào jiǎng dàolǐ.
Criticising others should also be reasonable.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 批评
他不在乎 别人 的看法。
Tā bú zàihu biéren de kànfǎ.
He does not care what others think.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 在乎
不要嘲笑 别人 的口音。
Bú yào cháoxiào biéren de kǒuyīn.
Do not mock other people's accents.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嘲笑
不要讥笑 别人 的失败。
Bú yào jīxiào biéren de shībài.
Do not sneer at other people's failures.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 讥笑
不懂就要向 别人 请教。
Bù dǒng jiù yào xiàng biéren qǐngjiào.
If you don't understand, ask someone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 请教
不要玩弄 别人 的感情。
Bú yào wánnòng biéren de gǎnqíng.
Do not toy with other people's feelings.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 玩弄
他从不想靠 别人 沾光。
Tā cóng bù xiǎng kào biéren zhān guāng.
He never wants to get ahead on someone else's coat-tails.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沾光
我们要尊重 别人 的习惯。
Wǒmen yào zūnzhòng biérén de xíguàn.
We should respect other people's customs.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 尊重
他从不轻视 别人 的工作。
Tā cóng bù qīngshì biéren de gōngzuò.
He never belittles other people's work.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 轻视
请尊重 别人 的私人空间。
Qǐng zūnzhòng biéren de sīrén kōngjiān.
Please respect other people's private space.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 私人
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From the graded readers
答应得越多, 别人 越觉得那是应该的。
dāying dé / děi / de yuè duō, biérén yuè juéde nàshì yīnggāi de / dì.
The more I agreed to, the more it was simply expected.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
别人 appears in 52 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 别人
How is 别人 used in a sentence?
This page shows 52 sentences using 别人 (biérén, "Others"), 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 别人 an HSK word?
Yes — 别人 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 别人?
The dictionary page for 别人 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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