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员

yuán

HSK 2 Character Traditional 員

What 员 means

1. bound formperson engaged in a certain field of activity
2. bound formmember
3. classifier for military generals

Example sentences

• 请叫消防员。
  Qǐng jiào xiāofángyuán.
  Please call the fire department.
• 你是党员吗？
  Nǐ shì dǎngyuán ma?
  Are you a member of a party?
• 招聘服务员。
  Zhāopìn fúwùyuán.
  Waiter needed.
• 她是程序员。
  She is a computer programmer.
• 我是个职员。
  I am an office worker.
• 他们是演员。
  They are actors.

Words starting with 员

• 员工yuán gōngstaff; personnel; employee
• 员外yuán wàilandlord (old usage)
• 员额yuán éauthorized number of employees; staff quota
• 员警yuán jǐng(Taiwan) police officer; policeman

Words containing 员

• 人员rén yuánstaff; crew; personnel
• 服务员fú wù yuánwaiter; waitress; attendant
• 演员yǎn yuánactor; actress; performer
• 售货员shòu huò yuánsales clerk; sales associate; retail salesperson
• 学员xué yuánstudent; member of an institution of learning; officer cadet
• 解说员jiě shuō yuáncommentator
• 成员chéng yuánmember
• 委员wěi yuáncommittee member
• 动员dòng yuánto mobilize; mobilization
• 乘务员chéng wù yuánattendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
• 裁员cái yuánto cut staff; to lay off employees
• 官员guān yuánofficial (in an organization or government); administrator
• 会员huì yuánmember
• 队员duì yuánteam member
• 委员会wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission
• 党员dǎng yuánparty member
• 球员qiú yuán(ball sports) player; team member
• 运动员yùn dòng yuánathlete
• 管理员guǎn lǐ yuánmanager; administrator
• 公务员gōng wù yuáncivil servant; public servant
• 职员zhí yuánoffice worker; staff member
• 议员yì yuánmember (of a legislative body); representative
• 共产党员Gòng chǎn dǎng yuánCommunist Party member
• 售票员shòu piào yuánticket seller

Characters built on 贝

These share the phonetic component 贝 (bèi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 贯guànto pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together
• 赚zhuànto earn; to make a profit

Characters that look like 员

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 页yèpage; leaf
• 负fùto bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on
• 贯guànto pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together
• 贞zhēnchaste
• 贤xiánworthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
• 苋xiànamaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)…

Sounds the same

Read yuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 元currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…
• 原former; original; primary
• 园land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 圆circle; round; circular
• 源root; source; origin
• 援to help; to assist; to aid
• 缘cause; reason; karma
• 辕shaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…
• 袁long robe (old)
• 猿ape
• 媛used in 婵媛
• 垣wall