Meaning of 员工
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- staff; personnel; employee
How to use 员工
员工 is the standard word for employees or staff of a company, store, or organization. It can mean one person or the whole staff. Example: 这家公司有两百名员工。(Zhè jiā gōngsī yǒu liǎngbǎi míng yuángōng.) This company has two hundred employees.
员 (yuán) means a member of a group, as in 成员 (chéngyuán) and 演员 (yǎnyuán), and 工 (gōng) means work, as in 工作 (gōngzuò). Put them together and a 员工 is a member who does the work: an employee.
Common mistake: Learners often use 工人 (gōngrén) for any employee, but 工人 usually means a manual or factory worker, while 员工 covers office staff too. Also keep the tones straight: yuán is second tone and gōng is first tone.
员工 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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员 yuán · person engaged in a certain field of ac… · 7 strokes
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工 gōng · labor · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 员工.
| 工作 | gōngzuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 工人 | gōngrén | worker |
| 打工 | dǎgōng | to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or d |
| 人员 | rényuán | staff; crew |
| 演员 | yǎnyuán | actor; actress; performer |
| 成员 | chéngyuán | member |
| 工厂 | gōngchǎng | factory |
| 工具 | gōngjù | tool; instrument |
| 队员 | duìyuán | team member |
| 工资 | gōngzī | wages; pay |
| 工程师 | gōngchéngshī | engineer |
| 服务员 | fúwùyuán | waiter; waitress |
Questions about 员工
What does 员工 mean?
员工 (yuángōng) means "staff; personnel; employee" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 员工?
员工 is made of 2 characters: 员 (7 strokes), 工 (3 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.
Is 员工 an HSK word?
Yes. 员工 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 员工 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 员工 is written 員工.
What is the difference between 员工 and 人员?
员工 means the employees of a specific company or employer. 人员 (rényuán) means people in a certain role or field, like 工作人员 (gōngzuò rényuán) staff on duty or 医务人员 medical personnel, and they are not always employees of one company.
What measure word goes with 员工?
In formal or written Chinese, 名 (míng) is common, as in 三名员工. In everyday speech, 个 (gè) is also fine, as in 三个员工. 位 (wèi) sounds more polite.