人工
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 6
人工 (réngōng) · artificial
人工 (réngōng) means “artificial; man-made; manual”. It is written with 2 characters: 人 (person) + 工 (labor). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 人工 is built
The characters
人 rén · person
What 人 is made of
人 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 2 strokes.
Origin hint: The legs of a human being (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
工 gōng · labor
What 工 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丄shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A spade or other workman's tool (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这是一个人工湖。Zhè shì yī ge réngōng hú.This is an artificial lake.
这些工作都是人工完成的。Zhèxiē gōngzuò dōu shì réngōng wánchéng de.All this work was done by hand.
Questions about 人工
What does 人工 mean?
人工 (réngōng) means “artificial; man-made; manual”.
How do you pronounce 人工?
人工 is pronounced réngōng.
Which HSK level is 人工?
人工 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 别人biérenother people
- 病人bìngrénpatient
- 工人gōngrénworker
- 家人jiārénfamily members
- 老人lǎorénold person
- 男人nánrénman
- 女人nǚrenwoman
- 爱人àirenhusband or wife
- 大人dàrenadult
- 好人hǎoréngood person
Learn 人工 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 97: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.