The Chinese word **人形 (rénxíng)** is a compound noun formed by combining the character **人 (rén)**, meaning "human" or "person," with the character **形 (xíng)**, meaning "shape," "form," or "appearance." It follows a straightforward **modifier-modified** structure common in Chinese, where the first element ("human") describes and specifies the type of the second element ("shape"). Therefore, the literal meaning is "human shape" or "human form," and it is used to refer to anything that resembles the human figure, such as a doll, a mannequin, a robot, or a silhouette.