人事

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

人事

  1. men's behaviours; the reach of one's ability; what is humanly possible
    人事天命人事天命   jìn rénshì ér tīng tiānmìng   to do one's best and leave the rest to fate
    人事人事   Wǒ yǐ jìn rénshì.   I've done what is humanly possible.
  2. human affairs; ways of the world; facts of life
    孩子人事 [MSC, trad.]
    孩子人事 [MSC, simp.]
    Háizi tài xiǎo, hái bù dǒng rénshì. [Pinyin]
    The child is too young to know the ways of the world.
  3. consciousness of the (outside) world
    昏迷過去人事不知 [MSC, trad.]
    昏迷过去人事不知 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā hūnmí guòqù, rénshì bùzhī. [Pinyin]
    He fainted and lost consciousness.
  4. personnel matters; human resources
    人事調動人事调动   rénshì diàodòng   transfer of personnel
    董事局過去幾年出現多次人事變動 [MSC, trad.]
    董事局过去几年出现多次人事变动 [MSC, simp.]
    Dǒngshìjú zài guòqù jǐnián chūxiàn duōcì de rénshì biàndòng. [Pinyin]
    The board of directors has undergone several personnel changes in the past few years.
  5. social activity; social intercourse
    學業人事 [MSC, trad.]
    学业人事 [MSC, simp.]
    Bù wù xuéyè, jìng yú rénshì. [Pinyin]
    [He] focuses on the social intercourses and not his study.
    盡量處理人事關係 [MSC, trad.]
    尽量处理人事关系 [MSC, simp.]
    Jìnliàng chǔlǐ hǎo rénshì guānxì. [Pinyin]
    To handle interpersonal relationships to the best of one's ability
  6. (dialectal) gift; present
  7. man-caused turmoil; unrest
  8. sexual awareness; sexual passion
    年紀人事 [MSC, trad.]
    年纪人事 [MSC, simp.]
    Niánjì jiàn zhǎng, yǐ xiǎo rénshì. [Pinyin]
    [He] gradually gains sexual awareness as his age grows.
  9. () A combination 三中 in the Lingqijing.

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人事):
  • Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Korean: 인사(人事) (insa)
  • Vietnamese: nhân sự (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んじ [jíꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑĩɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

(じん)() • (jinji) 

  1. human affairs
  2. personnel affairs/matters
  3. human resources, HR

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ひと
Grade: 1
こと > ごと
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) とごと [hìtógótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çito̞ɡo̞to̞]

Noun

(ひと)(ごと) • (hitogoto) 

  1. Alternative form of 他人事: other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

人事 • (insa) (hangeul 인사)

  1. Hanja form? of 인사 (greeting; personnel matters[affairs], human resources affairs).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

人事

  1. chữ Hán form of nhân sự (human resources).
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