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人工

Mandarin · pinyin rén gōng

artificial
manpower
manual work

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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
工: gōng · labor, work; worker, laborer

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2–1 · ren2 gong1

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jan4 gung1

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adj

(attributive) man-made; artificial
(attributive) human; manual

noun

manual work; labour
man-day
manpower
(Cantonese, Southern Min) pay; salary
(Southern Min, Wu) worker; labourer; coolie
(Shanghainese) working hours

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