恩 ēn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
恩人
ēnrén
benefactor
Characters in this word
人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 在他最困难的时候，愿意伸手相助的人就是他的恩人。 Zài tā zuì kùnnán de shíhou, yuànyì shēn shǒu xiāngzhù de rén jiù shì tā de ēnrén. The people who were willing to help when he was at his lowest are his benefactors.
- 他一直在找当年救过他的恩人。 Tā yìzhí zài zhǎo dāngnián jiù guo tā de ēnrén. He has been looking for the benefactor who saved him back then.
- 她把老师当作自己一生的恩人。 Tā bǎ lǎoshī dàngzuò zìjǐ yìshēng de ēnrén. She regards her teacher as the benefactor of her whole life.
Related words
- 恩爱 ēn'ài loving; affectionate as a couple
- 恩情 ēnqíng kindness; favour
- 恩怨 ēnyuàn gratitude and resentment; grievances
- 感恩 gǎnēn to be grateful; to feel gratitude
- 别人 biérén other people, others
- 病人 bìngrén patient, sick person
- 工人 gōngrén worker
- 家人 jiārén family member
- 老人 lǎorén old person, the elderly
- 男人 nánrén man
- 女人 nǚrén woman
- 人 rén person, people