議員 (ji5 jyun4 | yi4 yuan2) : member of a legislative assembly

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議員

ji5 jyun4

yi4 yuan2

member of a legislative assembly; member of parliament (MP); congressman / congresswoman; senator

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 5,040,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

議員 / 议员

This word has been viewed 1804 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 8th Dec 2004 02:51 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

議 ji5 - discuss; opinion
員 jyun4 - personnel; staff; member

6 compounds containing this word:

參議員 - Senator
眾議員 - representative; congressman
國會議員 - member of the legislative body
歐洲議會議員 - member of the European Parliament, MEP
市議員 - city councilor; city father; alderman
Common Formations:
議員個人利益監察委員會 - Committee on Members' Interests

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

洱源 ji5 jyun4 er3 yuan2 = Eryuan (place in Yunnan)

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Decimal representation of this word: 議員

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6 compounds containing this word:

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *