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yuán = yu + an2
person / employee / member
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How to pronounce 員

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= yu initial

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ an2 final

In the anthill’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

員 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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bèi = b + ei4
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)
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Characters with 員 as component

yuán = yu + an2
circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
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yùn = yu + (e)n4
the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology) / rhyme / appeal / charm / (literary) pleasant sound
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sǔn = su + (e)n3
to decrease; to lose / to damage; to harm / (coll.) to ridicule; to deride / (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨
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Words with 員

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person without identification papers, a normal residence permit or a source of income
Member of Parliament (MP) (UK Politics)

Sentences with 員

員 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yuán

person / employee / member

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