人为 rénwéi▶ artificial

Stroke order

人为 is written in 6 strokes across 2 characters.

• 人 — 2 strokes
• 为 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. artificial
2. man-made
3. having human cause or origin
4. human attempt or effort

Related words

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• 为期para una fecha determinada
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• 人士Personaje
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• 人工artificial

人为 is pronounced rénwéi and means “artificial”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 人为 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.