何人

hérén

phrase #24,304

Meanings

1 who
2 what person
3 which person

Characters

what, which, who

Examples

HSK 2

门外站着的是何人？

Ménwài zhàn zhe de shì hérén?

Who is standing outside the door?

HSK 4

不知来者何人。

Bùzhī lái zhě hérén.

I do not know who has come.

HSK 7-9

此乃何人所为？

Cǐ nǎi hérén suǒ wéi?

Who did this?

Tips

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何人 is formal or literary. In everyday speech, 谁 (shuí/shéi) is used instead. 何人 appears often in classical texts, formal writing, and dramatic speech.

Stroke Order

何 hé

人 rén