队员
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
队员 (duìyuán) · team member
队员 (duìyuán) means “team member; player”. It is written with 2 characters: 队 (team) + 员 (member). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 队员 is built
The characters
队 duì · team
What 队 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: A group of people 人 gathered in one place 阝 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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
他是我们队最好的队员。Tā shì wǒmen duì zuì hǎo de duìyuán.He is the best player on our team.
你们队有几个队员？Nǐmen duì yǒu jǐ gè duìyuán?How many members does your team have?
Questions about 队员
What does 队员 mean?
队员 (duìyuán) means “team member; player”.
How do you pronounce 队员?
队员 is pronounced duìyuán.
Which HSK level is 队员?
队员 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 队长duìzhǎngcaptain
- 排队páiduìto line up
- 球队qiúduì(sports) team
- 乐队yuèduìband
- 队伍duìwǔteam
- 军队jūnduìarmy
- 队duìteam
- 成员chéngyuánmember
- 公务员gōngwùyuáncivil servant
- 会员huìyuánmember
Learn 队员 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 67: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.