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title: "Yiren Meaning: 艺人 (entertainer) or 宜人 (pleasant)?"
description: "艺人 (traditional 藝人, yìrén) means “entertainer; performer; celebrity”. Not the yiren you heard? See 宜人. Hear its tones, see what 艺 and 人 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/yiren"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 艺人 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

艺人 yìrén

## entertainer; performer; celebrity

## It can also mean

- artisan

## Its characters

1. 艺 yì skill
2. 人 rén person

## In a sentence

她是一位很受欢迎的艺人。 She is a very popular entertainer.

[More about 艺人](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%89%BA%E4%BA%BA)

## Other words said yiren

- [宜人yírénpleasant](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%AE%9C%E4%BA%BA)

## More words with 艺 or 人

- [爱人 àiren](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/airen)
- [本人 běnrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/benren)
- [别人 biéren](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bieren)
- [病人 bìngrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bingren)
- [成人 chéngrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chengren)
- [创始人 chuàngshǐrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chuangshiren)
- [打工人 dǎgōngrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dagongren)
- [代理人 dàilǐrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dailiren)
- [当事人 dāngshìrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dangshiren)
- [大人 dàrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daren)

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