人手 (rén shǒu) — manpower, staff (available workers); (in fixed phrases) per person, each person
Definition
A collective noun for 'manpower, available staff' — the workers an organization currently has. Unlike 人员 (people in a specific group/department), 人手 focuses on the available hands to do work; pair with 不足 / 紧张 for 'short-staffed'.
noun
manpowerstaff (available workers)(in fixed phrases) per personeach person
Examples
- 人手，。Zuì jìn gōng sī rén shǒu jǐn zhāng, xū yào zhāo pìn xīn rén.The company is short on staff recently and needs to hire new people.
- 人手，。Huì yì zī liào rén shǒu yí fèn, qǐng gè wèi dài biǎo ná hǎo.One copy of the meeting materials per person; please take one, representatives.
- 人手，。Zhè ge xiàng mù rén shǒu bù zú, jìn dù hěn màn.This project lacks manpower, so progress is slow.
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