人员 rényuán staff
staff; crew; personnel
How to remember 人员: 人 person + 员 member = staff.
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How it is used
- 人员 (rényuán) means personnel/staff as a collective, formal term, usually attached after a role or department: 工作人员 (gōngzuò rényuán) - staff; 医护人员 (yīhù rényuán) - medical personnel.
- It's rarely used to refer to one specific individual by itself; it functions almost like a suffix meaning '-personnel/-staff' onto another noun.
- More formal/institutional than 人 alone, common in official notices, job titles, and organizational contexts.
Example sentences
- 全体销售人员通宵达旦地工作了一周。 Quántǐ xiāoshòu rényuán tōngxiāodádàn de gōngzuò le yīzhōu.The entire sales staff has worked around the clock for a week.
- 援救人员为了找到孩子，仔细搜索了那个区域。 Yuánjiù rényuán wèile zhǎodào háizi, zǐxìsōusuǒ le nàge qūyù.The rescuers searched the surroundings in hopes of finding the child.