Chinese symbol for “benefactor”
恩人
ēn rén
a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else
The closest CC-CEDICT match for benefactor is 恩人 (ēn rén), defined as: a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “benefactor”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 施主 | shī zhǔ | benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson); donor (semiconductor) |
| 恩公 | ēn gōng | benefactor |
| 贡献者 (貢獻者) | gòng xiàn zhě | contributor; benefactor |
| 捐款者 | juān kuǎn zhě | donor; benefactor |
| 檀越 | tán yuè | (Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恩人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感恩 | gǎn ēn | to be grateful |
| 恩典 | ēn diǎn | favor; grace |
| 恩赐 (恩賜) | ēn cì | to bestow (favors, charity etc) |
| 恩惠 | ēn huì | favor; grace |
| 恩怨 | ēn yuàn | gratitude and grudges; resentment |
| 恩爱 (恩愛) | ēn ài | loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “benefactor”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.