委员
Old HSK 6
委员 (wěiyuán) · committee member
委员 (wěiyuán) means “committee member”. It is written with 2 characters: 委 (to appoint) + 员 (member). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 委员 is built
The characters
委 wěi · to appoint
What 委 is made of
- 禾hé — cereal
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 女nǚ — woman
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)
Example sentences
他是学生会的委员。Tā shì xuéshēnghuì de wěiyuán.He is a member of the student union committee.
委员们正在开会讨论。Wěiyuán men zhèngzài kāihuì tǎolùn.The committee members are holding a meeting.
Questions about 委员
What does 委员 mean?
委员 (wěiyuán) means “committee member”.
How do you pronounce 委员?
委员 is pronounced wěiyuán.
Which HSK level is 委员?
委员 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 委屈wěiquto feel wronged
- 委托wěituōto entrust
- 成员chéngyuánmember
- 队员duìyuánteam member
- 公务员gōngwùyuáncivil servant
- 会员huìyuánmember
- 人员rényuánstaff
- 演员yǎnyuánactor
- 员工yuángōngemployee
- 售货员shòuhuòyuánsalesperson
Learn 委员 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 189: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.