HSK 6 · Adjectives

人为 rénwéi “man-made” in Chinese

Traditional 人為

What 人为 means

  1. man-made
  2. caused by people
  3. artificial
  4. having human cause or origin
  5. human attempt or effort

How to say 人为

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale为wéi2nd tone, rising

人为 in a sentence

  1. 这次事故是人为造成的。

    Zhè cì shìgù shì rénwéi zàochéng de.

    This accident was caused by people.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 很多环境问题都是人为的。

    Hěn duō huánjìng wèntí dōu shì rénwéi de.

    Many environmental problems are caused by humans.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 人为 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 为 (wèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
为wéias
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
  • 力strength · lì
  • 丶dot · zhǔ

How to write 人为

人 2 strokes · 为 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 人为

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 为

因为yīnwèi · because为什么wèishénme · why为wèi · for认为rènwéi · believe为了wèile · in order to以为yǐwéi · to think (wrongly)成为chéngwéi · to become行为xíngwéi · action作为zuòwéi · as (in the role of)为期wéiqī · to last for (a period)

More words: Adjectives

曲折qūzhé · winding热门rèmén · popular仁慈réncí · kind人工réngōng · man-made任性rènxìng · wilful融洽róngqià · harmonious柔和róuhé · soft上进shàngjìn · eager to improve

FAQs

人为 (rénwéi) means “man-made” or “caused by people”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it rénwéi: rén with a 2nd tone, then wéi with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 人为 is written 人為. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type renwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 人为 from the suggestions. Typing renwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
人为 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.