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Manpower in Chinese: 人手 (rén shǒu)

rén shǒu

manpower

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1manpower
  2. 2staff
  3. 3human hand

Stroke order

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人
手

Zhuyin

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ㄖㄣˊ

rén

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄕㄡˇ

shǒu

ㄕ/ shㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 这个工作太多，我们的人手不够。

    zhè ge gōng zuò tài duō， wǒ men de rén shǒu bú gòu。

    There is too much work here; we don't have enough manpower.

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Related words

人

rén

person

手

shǒu

hand

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

手表

shǒu biǎo

wristwatch

手机

shǒu jī

cell phone

别人

bié ren

other people

客人

kè rén

visitor

握手

wò shǒu

to shake hands

敌人

dí rén

enemy

对手

duì shǒu

opponent

个人

gè rén

individual

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