How to say “employees” in Chinese
employees, staff
“Employees” in Chinese is 员工, yuán gōng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
员工 is read yuán gōng: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On top, 口 “mouth”; below, 贝 “shell”.
A picture of a carpenter's square.
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 “员工”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 员工. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我们公司总共有三百名员工。wǒmengōngsīzǒnggòngyǒusānbǎimíngyuángōngOur company has three hundred employees in total.
- 公司下周召开全体员工大会。gōngsīxiàzhōuzhàokāiquántǐyuángōngdàhuìNext week the company is holding a general meeting of all staff.
- 这是员工专用电梯，顾客请走那边。zhèshìyuángōngzhuānyòngdiàntī,gùkèqǐngzǒunàbiānThis elevator is for staff only, customers please use the one over there.
More words from the lesson “Team and staff”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “employees” in Chinese?
“Employees” in Chinese is 员工, pinyin yuángōng.
What does 员工 mean?
员工 (yuángōng) means “employees, staff”.
How do you write 员工?
员工 is 2 characters: 员 (yuán) — worker, member; 工 (gōng) — work, labor. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 员工?
员工 is read yuángōng. Tones: yuán — second tone, gōng — first tone. The page has an audio recording.
“employees” in the lesson “Team and staff”
This word is from the topic “Work” of HSK 5. 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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