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I . people [ˈpiːpl] N

1. people:

people
(泛指)人 rén
people
人们 rénmen
What will people say?
人们会说什么呢？

4. people:

people
家人 jiārén
people
亲属 qīnshǔ
How are your people?
你的家人怎么样？

II . people [ˈpiːpl] VB trans

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people person N

people skills N

people of size N

person <people or persons> [ˈpɜːsən] N

1. person:

person
人 rén

2. person derog:

person
人 rén
person
家伙 jiāhuo

atmosphere person N

calibre person N

displaced person [dısˈpleıst ...] N

hit man N, hit person

hit person N

hit person → hit man

See also hit man

hit man N, hit person

person-hour N

third person N

Usage examples with people

the people
人民 rénmín
people's congress
人民代表大会
ten people or so
十个人左右
What will people say?
人们会说什么呢？
How are your people?
你的家人怎么样？
five people counting him
把他算在内共五个人
a handful of people
少数几个人
be representative of people
代表人民
people of all sorts
各种各样的人
a knot of people
一小群人
people of all conditions
社会各阶层的人
Most people think so.
大多数都这样想。
above 50 people
50多人
masses of people
许许多多的人
thousands of people
成千上万的人
around 20 people
大约20人
people of high social standing
社会地位高的人
a street seething with people
人群闹哄哄的街道

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
For example, suntanned skin comes from the interaction between a person's genotype and sunlight; thus, suntans are not passed on to people's children.
en.wikipedia.org
But none of 116 people who had died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease who had not received contaminated growth hormone showed any sign of amyloid protein deposits.
montrealgazette.com
The monks partook in religious duties which were more related to the needs of the ordinary people.
en.wikipedia.org
If your rural area is a commutable distance from a city, you have a better chance of retaining your population and keeping people living there.
www.independent.ie
Its more polite variant: "yoroshiku tanomimasu" might be used towards less familiar people or to superiors.
en.wikipedia.org
Young people should use every political means at their disposal to change this law back to the fair and non-discriminatory way it was before.
www.macleans.ca
It was partly based on people in her life and on her own early romantic experiences.
en.wikipedia.org
People ridicule him and laugh at the jailbird minister, as they call him.
en.wikipedia.org
It requires everyone to buy insurance and subsidizes insurance costs for lower income people on a sliding scale.
en.wikipedia.org
Sir, these sophistries will not impose upon the people of this country.
en.wikipedia.org

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