Sentence #2440695 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
知名文学界人士昨晚齐聚一堂。
Zhīmíng wénxuéjiè rénshì zuówǎn qíjù yì táng.
Well-known literary figures gathered together last night.
Sentence #345730 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 人士 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.
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.
士shìmember of the senior ministerial class
士 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
How to write 人士
人 2 strokes · 士 3 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 人士 (rénshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
人士 (rénshì) means “public figure” or “personage”. It is an HSK 6 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. 人士 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 人士 from the suggestions. Typing renshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
人士 is an HSK 6 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
人rén2nd tone, rising
士shì4th tone, falling
