凡人

fánrén
noun #8,815

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 mortal; ordinary person
  2. 2 common person; average person

Characters

Ordinary + person — a mortal, as opposed to gods or immortals.

Examples

Tā zhǐ shì yī gè fánrén, yě huì fàncuò.
He's just an ordinary person; he makes mistakes too.
Fánrén wúfǎ lǐjiě shénxian de shìjiè.
Mortals cannot understand the world of immortals.
Tā suīrán shì míngxīng, dàn yě shì fánrén.
Although she's a celebrity, she's still an ordinary person.

Tips

culture
In Chinese mythology and xianxia () fiction, 凡人 specifically means mortals as opposed to 仙人 (xiānrén, immortals) or (shén, gods). The concept of transcending from 凡人 to immortal is central to Daoist cultivation stories.

In Pop Culture

凡人 Fánrén Xiūxiān Zhuàn
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality
Popular Chinese web novel and animated series about a mortal cultivating to become an immortal

Stroke Order

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