Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
员
yuán
Description
"员"常常放在词的后面，表示做某种工作或属于某个团体的人。
比如"学生员"不常说，但"服务员"和"运动员"很常见。
Meanings
员yuán
member; person engaged in a role (suffix)
他是我们公司的员工。
员yuán
a measure word for generals or officials
他是一员大将。
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Notes
- Etymology
员 originally meant "number/count"; later came to mean a person in a group.
- Nuance
most often used as a suffix, rarely standing alone in modern speech.
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