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员

yuán

person (role suffix)

HSK 3 · Topic “Patterns and conditions”
A worker with a badge
Memory picture

Character

员 yuán

Strokes
7
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 贝 sea shell
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 他是店员。 Tā shì diànyuán. He is a shop assistant.
  • 我是会员。 Wǒ shì huìyuán. I belong to the club.
  • 服务员来了。 Fúwùyuán lái le. The waiter has come over.

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