Chinese Conversation · Level 79
91 words
Chinese word
人事
Pronunciation
Pinyinrén shì
Meaning
- nounpersonnel
Example
她负责公司的人事工作。tā fù zé gōng sī de rén shì gōng zuò
She handles personnel work for the company.
More examples
最近公司发生了几起人事调动，大家很关注。zuì jìn gōng sī fā shēng le jí qǐ rén shì diào dòng dà jiā hěn guān zhù
Recently, the company has had several personnel changes, and everyone is paying close attention.
Core concept
The organizational system for looking after the working lives of employees, from joining the staff to moving and growing within it.
Common phrases
人事调动rén shì diào dòng
personnel changes
人事部门rén shì bù mén
personnel department
人事制度rén shì zhì dù
personnel system
Similar words
人力资源rén lì zī yuán: The business function that manages an organization's employees as human resources.
人事部rén shì bù: A department that handles employee hiring, placement, promotion, and pay.
人才rén cái: A talented person with strong abilities or special skills who is important to an organization.
员工yuán gōng: A worker employed by a company or organization.
Definition in Chinese
指公司或组织中与员工有关的事务，主要包括招聘、调配、培训和考核等，以及负责这些工作的部门或岗位。zhǐ gōng sī huò zǔ zhī zhōng yǔ yuán gōng yǒu guān de shì wù zhǔ yào bāo kuò zhāo pìn diào pèi péi xùn hé kǎo hé děng yǐ jí fù zé zhè xiē gōng zuò de bù mén huò gǎng wèi
Word origin
人 (rén, "people") + 事 (shì, "affairs") literally means affairs concerning people, and in an organization it refers to the personnel function.
Usage tips
- In conversational workplace Chinese, this word commonly names an area of organizational work or its responsible department rather than the employees who do that work.
Related words
- 人事部rén shì bùpersonnel departmentnoun
- 人事档案rén shì dàng ànpersonnel filenoun
- 人事专员rén shì zhuān yuánpersonnel specialistnoun