古人

Pinyin: gǔrén

people of ancient times; the ancients; (literary) deceased person

Example sentence

他是一位前无古人的大科学家。

Tā shì yī wèi qián wú gǔrén de dà kēxuéjiā.

He is as great a scientist as ever lived.

Tatoeba · mtdot ↗

What 古人 means

古人 (gǔrén) is a Chinese word meaning “people of ancient times; the ancients; (literary) deceased person”. It appears in the HSK 6 collection.

More HSK 6 words

HSK 6

Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

Learn 古人 and 4,855 more Chinese words

Free account · spaced repetition · AI practice · walk these words in 3D

Get started free