知人
N2ちじん chijin
- friend
- acquaintance
noun
Chinese meanings
熟人;认识的人
Examples
- 彼には知人は多いが友人は少ない。He has many acquaintances but few friends.他熟人多,朋友少。
- 仕事上の知人はこの電話番号を知っている。My business acquaintances know this number.工作上的熟人知道这个电话号码。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('845ae84d62'); // 知人
{
"id": "845ae84d62",
"word": "知人",
"reading": "ちじん",
"romaji": "chijin",
"meanings": [
"friend",
"acquaintance"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1420620,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼には知人は多いが友人は少ない。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}には{知人|ちじん}は{多|おお}いが{友人|ゆうじん}は{少|すく}ない。",
"en": "He has many acquaintances but few friends.",
"tatoeba_id": 118785
},
{
"ja": "仕事上の知人はこの電話番号を知っている。",
"furigana": "{仕事|しごと}{上|じょう}の{知人|ちじん}はこの{電話|でんわ}{番号|ばんごう}を{知|し}っている。",
"en": "My business acquaintances know this number.",
"tatoeba_id": 169025
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "1027ba12a0a59e12a5ef6baecae1fb2ddea9ff8aad8cb581abc205733cddd5da",
"meanings": [
"熟人",
"认识的人"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼には知人は多いが友人は少ない。",
"zh": "他熟人多,朋友少。"
},
{
"ja": "仕事上の知人はこの電話番号を知っている。",
"zh": "工作上的熟人知道这个电话号码。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/845ae84d62",
"JMdict ent_seq 1420620; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "e9d2e1a0c6ed6227c431b8ee3eccefcf701fddd7d4a8d61cb62112c49b155df1"
}
}