委员 wěiyuán committee member
How to remember 委员: 委 entrust + 员 member = committee member.
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How it is used
- 'Committee member' - a person holding a post on a formal body, e.g. 政协委员 (zhèngxié wěiyuán) a CPPCC member.
- Bureaucratic/institutional register; often prefixed by the body's name (人大代表 vs 政协委员).
- Building block of 委员会 (wěiyuánhuì, committee) and titles like 常委 (chángwěi, standing committee member).
Example sentences
- 委员会一个月召开两次。 Wěiyuánhuì yígèyuè zhàokāi liǎngcì.The committee meets twice a month.
- 你应该去竞选城市委员会。 Nǐ yīnggāi qù jìngxuǎn chéngshì wěiyuánhuì.You should run for city council.
- 议员受到了议会道德委员会的谴责。 Yìyuán shòudào le yìhuì dàodé wěiyuánhuì de qiǎnzé.The senator was censured by the congressional ethics committee.