人手

rénshǒu

noun HSK 7-9 #8,574

Meanings

1 manpower; hands; staff available
2 workforce

Characters

Literally 'human hands' - used to talk about how many people are available to do work, just like English 'hands' (as in 'all hands on deck').

Examples

HSK 6

我们人手不够，需要招人。

Wǒmen rénshǒu búgòu, xūyào zhāo rén.

We don't have enough staff, we need to hire people.

HSK 6

活动当天人手充足。

Huódòng dāngtiān rénshǒu chōngzú.

There was sufficient manpower on the day of the event.

Stroke Order

人 rén

手 shǒu