人格

Mandarin · pinyin rén gé

Meanings

  1. personality
  2. integrity
  3. dignity
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人
rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
格
gé · pattern, standard, form; style
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2–2 · ren2 ge2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jan4 gaak3

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noun

  1. personality; character
  2. integrity
  3. human dignity

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