Definition
旁人 (páng rén) means 'other people, bystanders' and often implies people who are not directly involved or are just on the sidelines. It is more formal and literary than the everyday 别人 (bié rén). 他人 (tā rén) is similarly formal but more general; 人家 (rén jia) is colloquial and can sound softer or contrastive.
pronoun
other peoplebystanders
Examples
- 旁人。páng rén de xiánhuà nǐ bú bì fàng zài xīn shang.You don't need to take other people's gossip to heart.
- 旁人。Tā zuò shì cónglái bú zàihu páng rén zěnme kàn.He never cares what other people think when he does things.
- ，旁人。Zhēngchǎo shí, páng rén zuì hǎo bú yào chāshǒu.When there's an argument, bystanders had better not get involved.
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