人工
réngōng
artificial; manpower
Part of speech · noun / adjective
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 这是一个人工湖。This is an artificial lake.
- 这道工序还需要人工完成。This step still has to be done by hand.
Collocations
人工智能人工湖人工费人工呼吸
Mnemonic
人 rén "person" + 工 gōng "work, labor": human work or handiwork. Two senses: artificial, as opposed to natural (人工湖 artificial lake, 人工智能 AI), and manual labor or labor cost (人工费 labor cost). Korean in-gong (人工) covers the first sense but not the labor-cost sense, so take care.
Related
人工智能手工人力工人
Quick check
What are the two senses of 人工?