No. 348 in Chinese
个人
"Individual" or "personal."
In a sentence
我个人认为这个计划是可行的。
I personally think this plan is feasible.
Here, '个人' functions as 'personally', emphasizing the speaker's individual opinion.
他的个人经历非常有趣。
His personal experiences are very interesting.
In this sentence, '个人' serves as an adjective meaning 'personal' to describe his experiences.
我们要尊重每个人的个人隐私。
We must respect everyone's personal privacy.
'个人' here is used both to mean 'individual' and as an adjective 'personal' to stress privacy belonging to a person.
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