员工
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
员工 (yuángōng) · employee
员工 (yuángōng) means “employee; staff”. It is written with 2 characters: 员 (member) + 工 (labor). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 员工 is built
The characters
员 yuán · member
What 员 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 人rén — person
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: money (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
工 gōng · labor
What 工 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丄shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A spade or other workman's tool (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这家公司有一百个员工。Zhè jiā gōngsī yǒu yī bǎi gè yuángōng.This company has a hundred employees.
员工们都很努力。Yuángōngmen dōu hěn nǔlì.The staff all work very hard.
Questions about 员工
What does 员工 mean?
员工 (yuángōng) means “employee; staff”.
How do you pronounce 员工?
员工 is pronounced yuángōng.
Which HSK level is 员工?
员工 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 成员chéngyuánmember
- 队员duìyuánteam member
- 公务员gōngwùyuáncivil servant
- 会员huìyuánmember
- 人员rényuánstaff
- 演员yǎnyuánactor
- 售货员shòuhuòyuánsalesperson
- 运动员yùndòngyuánathlete
- 服务员fúwùyuánwaiter
- 裁员cáiyuánto cut staff
Learn 员工 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 86: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.