人事

rénshì
noun HSK 7 #10,739

Meanings

  1. 1 personnel
  2. 2 human resources
  3. 3 human affairs

Characters

Literally 'people matters' — personnel affairs or human resources

Examples

Gōngsī de rénshì bùmén fùzé zhāopìn.
The company's HR department is in charge of recruitment.
Zuìjìn gōngsī jìnxíng le yī cì dà guīmó de rénshì tiáozhěng.
The company recently made a large-scale personnel adjustment.

Tips

usage
人事 most commonly means HR/personnel in modern usage: 人事部 (HR department), 人事变动 (personnel changes). It can also mean 'consciousness' in the phrase 不省人事 (unconscious).

Stroke Order

rén
shì