Meaning of 会员
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- member
How to use 会员
会员 is very common for club, gym, store, and app memberships. You will often see it in words like 会员卡 (huìyuánkǎ, membership card). Example: 我是这家健身房的会员。 (Wǒ shì zhè jiā jiànshēnfáng de huìyuán.) I am a member of this gym.
会 (huì) means a meeting or association, and 员 (yuán) means a person with a role, like in 服务员 (fúwùyuán). A person who belongs to an association is a 会员, a member.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes read 会 here as kuài, the reading used in 会计 (kuàijì, accountant), but in 会员 it is always huì. Also, 员 (yuán) is easy to confuse with 圆 (yuán, round), which has the same sound but adds an outer enclosure.
会员 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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会 huì · can · 6 strokes
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员 yuán · person engaged in a certain field of ac… · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 会员.
| 一会儿 | yīhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 开会 | kāihuì | to hold or attend a meeting |
| 机会 | jīhuì | opportunity; chance |
| 晚会 | wǎnhuì | evening party |
| 音乐会 | yīnyuèhuì | concert |
| 那会儿 | nàhuìr | at that time (in the past or the future); also pr. [nei4 hui4 r5] |
| 不一会儿 | bù yīhuìr | |
| 社会 | shèhuì | society |
| 会议 | huìyì | meeting; conference |
| 人员 | rényuán | staff; crew |
| 演员 | yǎnyuán | actor; actress; performer |
| 成员 | chéngyuán | member |
Questions about 会员
What does 会员 mean?
会员 (huìyuán) means "member" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 会员?
会员 is made of 2 characters: 会 (6 strokes), 员 (7 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 会员 an HSK word?
Yes. 会员 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 会员 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 会员 is written 會員.
What is the difference between 会员 and 成员?
会员 usually means a member of an organization you join or pay for, like a club or a shopping service. 成员 (chéngyuán) is broader and is used for members of a family, team, or group.
How do you say VIP member in Chinese?
People commonly say VIP会员 or 高级会员 (gāojí huìyuán). Many apps also use 开会员 (kāi huìyuán) to mean to sign up for a paid membership.