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員

简员 · 繁員

Mandarin · pinyin yuán

(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity
(bound form) member
classifier for military generals

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员: yuán · member; personnel, staff member

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2 · yuan2

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jyun4 · wan4 · wan6

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member
personnel; staff member
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 圓／圆 (yuán, “circle; round”)

character

(alt. form 云) a grammatical particle
Used in personal names.

character

a surname

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