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1.

Animated Stroke Order 员

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How to write 员 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 员

员 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Top-Bottom
员
口kǒu · mouth
贝bèi · shellfish
员=
4.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 员

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5.

How to Use 员

Person with a specific role or occupation

员 is used as a suffix to indicate a person who performs a certain role or job.

服务员 • fú wù yuán • waiter/waitress; attendant • HSK 2
HSK 2
6.

HSK Vocabulary: 员

人员 • rén yuán • personnel; staff
HSK 5
rén人
yuán
7.

Example Sentences

tā他
shì是
wǒ我
men们
gōng公
sī司
de

Information

Pinyinyuán
Meaningmember, personnel, employee
Strokes7
Radical口
Traditional員
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#429
Zhuyinㄩㄢˊ
UnicodeU+5458
CangjieRBO
口kǒu · mouth
+贝bèi · shellfish
fú服
wù务
yuán员

waiter/waitress; attendant

演员 • yǎn yuán • actor/actress • HSK 4
HSK 4
yǎn演
yuán员

actor/actress

运动员 • yùn dòng yuán • athlete • HSK 3.0 · L3
HSK 3.0 · L3
yùn运
dòng动
yuán员

athlete

员

personnel; staff

会员 • huì yuán • member
HSK 3.0 · L4
huì会
yuán员

member

队员 • duì yuán • team member
HSK 3.0 · L4
duì队
yuán员

team member

售票员 • shòu piào yuán • ticket seller; ticket clerk
HSK 3.0 · L4
shòu售
piào票
yuán员

ticket seller; ticket clerk

售货员 • shòu huò yuán • sales assistant
HSK 4
shòu售
huò货
yuán员

sales assistant

员工 • yuán gōng • staff
HSK 5
yuán员
gōng工

staff

的
xīn新
yuán员
。

He is a new employee at our company.

gōng公
sī司
yǒu有
wǔ五
bǎi百
míng名
yuán员
gōng工
。

The company has five hundred employees.

tā她
shì是
yí一
gè个
yǎn演
yuán员
。

She is an actor.

wǒ我
shì是
zhè这
jiā家
jù俱
lè乐
bù部
de的
huì会
yuán员
。

I am a member of this club.

zhèng政
fǔ府
pài派
le了
yī一
míng名
zhuān专
yuán员
dào到
zāi灾
qū区
diào调
chá查
qíng情
kuàng况
。

The government sent a commissioner to the disaster area to investigate the situation.

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  • 袁yuánrobe; surname
  • 援yuánto aid, to support, to pull, to quote
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  • 嗨hāi[sound used in lyrics for balance or euphony]
  • 喃nánkeep talking, chattering; mumble
  • 喔wōdescriptive of crying or of crowing
  • 嗣sìto connect, inherit; descendants, heirs
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  • 嘎gǎsound of laughter; bad, malevolent
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