intelligent beings

有智慧的生物

a human being

人

A new era was brought into being by the Internet.

互联网带来了一个新时代的诞生。

They don’t know how this world came into being.

他们不知道这个世界是如何形成的。

I am staying at a friend’s house for the time being.

我暂时寄住在一个朋友家里。