人手

rénshǒu

noun HSK 7 #8,574

Meanings

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').

Wǒmen rénshǒu búgòu, xūyào zhāorén.

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

Huódòng dāngtiān rénshǒu chōngzú.

There was sufficient manpower on the day of the event.

人 rén

手 shǒu