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学员 (xué yuán) — trainee; student (in a training program or institution)

Definition

学员 is a trainee in a specific course or training program, not a general student. Compared with 学生 (general 'student' in schools or universities), 学员 implies adult or professional training context. 学子 is the literary/written equivalent.

noun
traineestudent (in a training program or institution)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 学员。
    Zhè ge péi xùn bān de xué yuán lái zì bù tóng de chéng shì.
    The trainees in this training class come from different cities.
  • 学员。
    Suǒ yǒu xué yuán dōu yào cān jiā qī mò kǎo shì.
    All trainees must take the final exam.
  • 学员。
    xué yuán Men zhèng zài jiào shì lǐ shàng kè.
    The trainees are having class in the classroom.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

学xuéstudy
员yuánmember

学 (study) + 员 (member) forms a person who studies.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 員; 员 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
鼎鼎dǐngding
Sound part声符shēngfú
〇
〇líng員yuán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 員, 〇 supplies the sound and 鼎 supplies the meaning; the simplified 员 is a shortened form.

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HSK 3.0 Level 6School & Education

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