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jyun4
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[1] personnel; staff member [2] member of an organization [3] classifier for soldiers, etc 員 has an obscure Jyutping reading wan4 (Pinyin: yun2) which was used as a personal name in the old time and also for the meaning of "gain". See also [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
Stroke count: 10
Level: 2
Radical: 口 (#30)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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員 / 员 | ||
This word has been viewed 14870 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th May 2013 12:22 |
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外接員 ngoi6 zip3 jyun4 = wide receiver (American football position) 收銀員 sau1 ngan4*2 jyun4 = counterperson; clerk; cashier 招待員 ziu1 doi6 jyun4 = receptionist 採訪人員 coi2 fong2 jan4 jyun4 = correspondent; reporter 司法人員 si1 faat3 jan4 jyun4 = judicial staff 送貨員 sung3 fo3 jyun4 = delivery man 粵 委員會 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 = committee, commission 委員 wai2 jyun4 = committee member / members 服務員 fuk6 mou6 jyun4 = waiter; server 售票員 sau6 piu3 jyun4 = ticket seller See all 212 compounds (CantoDict reports 248 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 5 examples containing 員
佢用把刀插入個員工 粵
He used a knife to stab the worker. [lit. he use [counter] knife enter-in [counter] worker. Std. Chinese: 他用一把利刀刺入一位員工]
佢哋開緊會﹐好快就會決定數千員工嘅命運。 粵
They are holding a meeting which would soon decide the fate of thousands of employees. [The second part of this sentence is a relative clause. The Cantonese clause differs from the English one by omitting the relative pronoun "which". ] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |