HSK 5 · Work

人事 rénshì “personnel” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 人事 means

  1. personnel
  2. human resources
  3. human affairs
  4. ways of the world

How to say 人事

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale人rén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale事shì4th tone, falling

人事 in a sentence

  1. 人事部门负责招聘新员工。

    Rénshì bùmén fùzé zhāopìn xīn yuángōng.

    The HR department is in charge of hiring new staff.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她在一家公司做人事工作。

    Tā zài yì jiā gōngsī zuò rénshì gōngzuò.

    She works in human resources at a company.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 人事 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 人 (rén) drawn as one shape
人rénperson; people

人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.

The character 事 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
事shìmatter
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 人事

人 2 strokes · 事 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

人事 (rénshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 人事 (rénshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 人事

Words with 人

人rén · person家人jiārén · family member男人nánrén · man女人nǚrén · woman别人biéren · other people客人kèrén · guest有人yǒurén · someone人们rénmen · people大人dàren · adult老人lǎorén · old person

Words with 事

事shì · matter没事méishì · it’s nothing事情shìqing · matter同事tóngshì · colleague故事gùshi · story从事cóngshì · to engage in军事jūnshì · military affairs事实shìshí · fact事物shìwù · thing事先shìxiān · in advance

More words: Work & Career

农民nóngmín · farmer农业nóngyè · agriculture培训péixùn · to train企业qǐyè · company人员rényuán · staff日程rìchéng · schedule商业shāngyè · business设计shèjì · to design

FAQs

人事 (rénshì) means “personnel” or “human resources”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it rénshì: rén with a 2nd tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 人事 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type renshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 人事 from the suggestions. Typing renshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
人事 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.