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职员

zhíyuán

office worker, staff

An office worker sits at a desk with papers
Memory picture

Characters in this word

职 zhí

Strokes
11
Radical
耳 — ear
Made of
耳 ear 只 only, merely, just
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 职

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

  • 前台职员耐心解释流程,让第一次办理业务的人放心不少。 Qiántái zhíyuán nàixīn jiěshì liúchéng, ràng dì yī cì bànlǐ yèwù de rén fàngxīn bù shǎo. The front-desk staff member patiently explained the process, which reassured people handling the matter for the first time.
  • 这家公司的职员大多数都很年轻。 Zhè jiā gōngsī de zhíyuán dàduōshù dōu hěn niánqīng. Most of the staff at this company are very young.
  • 银行职员请我先填一张表格。 Yínháng zhíyuán qǐng wǒ xiān tián yì zhāng biǎogé. The bank clerk asked me to fill in a form first.

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