Chinese symbol for “poet”
诗人
shī rén
Traditional: 詩人
bard; poet
The closest CC-CEDICT match for poet is 诗人 (shī rén), defined as: bard; poet.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “poet”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 诗人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诗歌 (詩歌) | shī gē | poem; measure word: 本 (běn), 首 (shǒu), 段 (duàn) |
| 史诗 (史詩) | shǐ shī | an epic; poetic saga |
| 诗词 (詩詞) | shī cí | verse |
| 诗集 (詩集) | shī jí | poetry anthology |
| 诗句 (詩句) | shī jù | verse; measure word: 行 (háng) |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “poet”.
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.