專員

简 专员 · 繁 專員
Mandarin · pinyin zhuān yuán

Meanings

  1. assistant director
  2. commissioner
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員
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专
zhuān · monopolize, take sole possession
员
yuán · member; personnel, staff member
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1–2 · zhuan1 yuan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zyun1 jyun4

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noun

  1. official assigned for a specific task
  2. assistant director
  3. commissioner
  4. senior official
  5. (historical) prefect (chief of a prefecture of the People's Republic of China until the 1970s)

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