i人

àirén
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (slang) introvert
  2. 2 introverted person

Examples

Wǒ shì ge ài rén, bú tài xǐhuan cānjiā pàiduì.
I'm an I-person (introvert); I don't really enjoy going to parties.
Tā suīrán shì ài rén, dàn gōngzuò qǐlái hěn yǒu tiáolǐ.
Even though he's an introvert, he's very organized at work.

Tips

culture
From the MBTI personality test, which went viral on Chinese social media in 2022-2023. The first letter of the type (I = Introverted, E = Extraverted) became shorthand: i / e. Asking 'i还是e?' is now a standard icebreaker.
usage
Read the letter i in English as 'ài' and as 'rén'. The opposite is e (yì rén, extrovert).

Stroke Order

rén