个人 gèrén individual
individual; personal; oneself
How to remember 个人: 个 general measure word + 人 person = individual.
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How it is used
- An individual/personal; oneself. 个人观点 (gèrén guāndiǎn) a personal opinion; 个人信息 (gèrén xìnxī) personal information.
- 个人 (the individual) contrasts with 集体 (jítǐ, the collective) and 社会 (society): 个人利益 vs 集体利益.
- Also 'in my personal view': 我个人认为 (wǒ gèrén rènwéi) I personally think.
Example sentences
- 我家有四个人。 Wǒ jiā yǒu sì gè rén.There are four people in my family.
- 他一个人在公司。 Tā yí gè rén zài gōngsī.He's at the company by himself.
- 他们每个人都很努力。 Tāmen měi gè rén dōu hěn nǔlì.Each of them works very hard.
- 每个人都要互相尊重。 Měige rén dōu yào hùxiāng zūnzhòng.Everyone should respect each other.