熟人 shúrén acquaintance
acquaintance; friend
How to remember 熟人: 熟 familiar + 人 person = acquaintance.
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How it is used
- An acquaintance / someone you know - 熟人好办事 (shúrén hǎo bànshì) things go smoother with connections you know.
- 熟人 is someone familiar to you (not a stranger 陌生人), short of a close 朋友.
- Reading is shúrén (熟 = familiar/well-cooked); note colloquial 熟 can be shóu.
- 遇到熟人 (yùdào shúrén) = to run into someone you know.
Example sentences
- 好多朋友和熟人来了。 Hǎoduō péngyǒu hé shúrén lái le.Quite a lot of friends and acquaintances have come.
- 汤姆熟人多。 Tāngmǔ shúrén duō.Tom knows a lot of people.