Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
人工
réngōng
Description
"人工"的意思是人做的，不是天然的。
"人工" means made by humans, not natural.
现在我们常常说"人工智能"，就是让机器像人一样思考。
Nowadays we often say "人工智能", which means making machines think like humans.
Meanings
人工réngōng
man-made; artificial; not natural
这个湖是人工做的。
This lake is man-made.
人工réngōng
manual work; human labor
这个工作要很多人工。
This job requires a lot of manual labor.
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Notes
- Etymology
人 (person/human) + 工 (work/labor), literally "human work".
- Nuance
opposite of 天然 (natural); often seen in 人工智能 (artificial intelligence).
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