委员 (wěiyuán) — committee member; member

Characters in this word

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

调查组的每位委员都必须申报潜在利益冲突，以免影响结论的公信力。 Diàocházǔ de měi wèi wěiyuán dōu bìxū shēnbào qiánzài lìyì chōngtū, yǐmiǎn yǐngxiǎng jiélùn de gōngxìnlì. Each member of the investigation panel must declare any potential conflict of interest so as not to affect the credibility of its conclusions.
他连续两次被选为学生会委员，同学们都很信任他。 Tā liánxù liǎng cì bèi xuǎnwéi xuéshēnghuì wěiyuán, tóngxuémen dōu hěn xìnrèn tā. He was elected to the student union committee twice in a row; his classmates all trust him.
他当选为村委会委员，负责照顾村里的老人。 Tā dāngxuǎn wéi cūnwěihuì wěiyuán, fùzé zhàogù cūnlǐ de lǎorén. He was elected a member of the village committee and is responsible for caring for the elderly.