a person of high moral character and great wisdom, such as Confucius

a person recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness to God, especially in Christianity

a title of respect for Confucius

(literary) an honorary way to address or refer to a monarch or the emperor

in Buddhism or Daoism, a title for a Buddha, bodhisattva, or immortal who has achieved a high level of spiritual realization

(literary, archaic) a jocular name for clear wine, as opposed to cloudy wine 贤人 xián​rén