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队员 (duì yuán) — team member

Definition

A member of a specific team (sports team, work team, etc.). Contrast with 团队 (the team itself as a group) and 成员 (member of any organization, more formal/written).

noun
team member
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 队员。
    Měi gè duì yuán dōu yào cān jiā xùn liàn.
    Every team member must attend training.
  • ，队员。
    Zài zhè cì bǐ sài zhōng, duì yuán men biǎo xiàn dé hěn hǎo.
    In this competition, the team members performed very well.
  • 队员。
    Wǒ men duì xū yào gèng duō duì yuán.
    Our team needs more team members.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

队duìteam
员yuánmember

The '队' part means team and the '员' part means member; together they denote a person in a team.

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 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
㒸
㒸㒸隊duì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

Open 队 →

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.

Open 员 →
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