i人

i rén
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 introvert
  2. 2 introverted person

Examples

HSK 5
Wǒ shì ge i rén, bú tài xǐhuan cānjiā pàiduì.
I'm an I-person (introvert); I don't really enjoy going to parties.
HSK 7-9
Tā suīrán shì i 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人 / e人. Asking 'i人还是e人?' is now a standard icebreaker.
usage
Read the letter i as in English ('eye') and 人 as rén. The opposite is e人 (e rén, extrovert).

Stroke Order

人 rén