雇员 gùyuán employee
How to remember 雇员: 雇 employment + 员 member = employee.
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How it is used
- An employee - a hired worker/staff member - 公司有五十名雇员 (gōngsī yǒu wǔshí míng gùyuán) the company has fifty employees.
- Formal counterpart to 雇主 (employer); more legal/administrative than 员工 (yuángōng, the everyday word for staff).
- Read gù. Common in HR, legal, and official contexts.
Example sentences
- 这个公司二分之三的雇员是工程师。 Zhège gōngsī èrfēn zhīsān de gùyuán shì gōngchéngshī.Two thirds of the employees of this company are engineers.