How to say “team member” in Chinese

队员
duìyuán

team member

noun · HSK 4 · topic “Sports and wrap-up”

“Team member” in Chinese is 队员, duì yuán: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

队员 is read duì yuán: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

duì — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”
yuán — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

队
duì — team, squad; line
员
yuán — worker, member

On top, 口 “mouth”; below, 贝 “shell”.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “队员”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 队员. Tap the sound icon to listen.

  • 我们队有十二名队员wǒmenduìyǒushí’èrmíngduìyuánThere are twelve players on our team.

More words from the lesson “Our team”

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “team member” in Chinese?

“Team member” in Chinese is 队员, pinyin duìyuán.

What does 队员 mean?

队员 (duìyuán) means “team member”.

How do you write 队员?

队员 is 2 characters: 队 (duì) — team, squad; line; 员 (yuán) — worker, member. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 队员?

队员 is read duìyuán. Tones: duì — fourth tone, yuán — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“team member” in the lesson “Our team”

This word is from the topic “Sports and wrap-up” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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