The Chinese word 人手 (rénshǒu) is a compound noun formed through semantic combination, where the individual characters 人 (rén, meaning "person") and 手 (shǒu, meaning "hand") are joined. It operates on a metaphorical level, where "hand" serves as a synecdoche, a part representing the whole, for an individual capable of work or labor. Thus, the compound literally reads as "person-hand" but conceptually merges to mean "manpower" or "workforce", referring to the people available or needed to perform a task. This formation is typical in Chinese for creating concise, concept-driven terms that capture an abstract idea (like human resources) from concrete, bodily components.