职员 (zhí yuán) — staff member, office worker
Definition
职员 refers to a regular white-collar employee in an office or company. Compared to 员工 (broader, any worker including manual labor) and 公务员 (government official), 职员 is everyday business/office staff.
noun
staff memberoffice worker
Measure word · 个, 位
Examples
- 职员。Wǒ men bù mén yǒu èr shí duō gè zhí yuán.Our department has more than twenty staff members.
- 职员。Nà wèi xīn zhí yuán zuò shì hěn rèn zhēn.That new staff member works very carefully.
- 职员。Gōng sī gěi měi wèi zhí yuán fā le nián zhōng jiǎng.The company gave every staff member a year-end bonus.
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