古人 (gǔ rén): ancient people

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 6noun

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: ancient people
Characters: 2
Part of speech: noun
HSK level: HSK 6

Full definitions

people of ancient times
the ancients
extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis
(literary) deceased person

Chinese explanation

古代的人，泛指生活在很久以前、距离现代较远时代的人们
也常用来指前人或历史上的人物。

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Character breakdown

HSK 5

ancient

HSK 1

person

Example sentences

When reading The Analects, I often wonder why people of ancient times could say such wise things.

By studying pottery left behind by people of ancient times, archaeologists can understand how people lived thousands of years ago.

Although we modern people use mobile navigation, it is also impressive that people of ancient times relied on stars and the sun to find their direction.

In the museum, I saw characters written by people of ancient times carved on turtle shells and thought their method of recording things was very special.

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