(rén yuán) - personnel, staff, members of staff in Mandarin

rényuán

Traditional: 人員

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Translation

personnel, staff, members of staff

Word origin

A compound of 人 (rén, person) and 员 (yuán, member, staff), together denoting the people who make up a workforce.

Origin: compound
Root: 人 (rén, person) + 员 (yuán, member)

Stroke order

人

员

Examples

齐qí。

All personnel have arrived.

。

The staff are preparing for the meeting.

增zēng销xiāo售shòu。

The company has added more sales staff.

。

Medical personnel work very hard.

勿wù。

Unauthorised personnel please do not enter.

人员 (rén yuán) means personnel or staff. It is a collective term for the people working within an organisation or carrying out a particular role.

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This word is part of lesson 34.