HSK 5 · Work

人员 rényuán “staff” in Chinese

Traditional 人員

What 人员 means

  1. staff
  2. crew
  3. personnel

Measure word 个 gè · 一个人员 yí ge rényuán

How to say 人员

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale人rén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale员yuán2nd tone, rising

人员 in a sentence

  1. 非工作人员禁止入内。

    Fēi gōngzuò rényuán jìnzhǐ rù nèi.

    No entry except for staff.

    Sentence #426870 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这家商店人员的态度特好，怪不得顾客也好多。

    Zhè jiā shāngdiàn rényuán de tàidu tè hǎo, guàibude gùkè yě hǎoduō.

    The staff in this shop are really friendly – no wonder they’ve got so many customers.

    Sentence #2217159 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 感谢所有的翻译人员！

    Gǎnxiè suǒyǒu de fānyì rényuán!

    Thanks to all the translators!

    Sentence #10024493 from Tatoeba

How 人员 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 人 (rén) drawn as one shape
人rénperson; people

人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.

The character 员 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
员yuánperson engaged in a certain field
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

How to write 人员

人 2 strokes · 员 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

人员 (rényuán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 人员 (rényuán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 人员

Words with 人

人rén · person家人jiārén · family member男人nánrén · man女人nǚrén · woman别人biéren · other people客人kèrén · guest有人yǒurén · someone人们rénmen · people大人dàren · adult老人lǎorén · old person

Words with 员

服务员fúwùyuán · waiter员yuán · (suffix) member运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete演员yǎnyuán · actor or actress售货员shòuhuòyuán · salesperson员工yuángōng · employee裁员cáiyuán · to cut staff委员wěiyuán · committee member成员chéngyuán · member动员dòngyuán · to mobilise

More words: Work & Career

农业nóngyè · agriculture培训péixùn · to train企业qǐyè · company人事rénshì · personnel日程rìchéng · schedule商业shāngyè · business设计shèjì · to design失业shīyè · unemployment

FAQs

人员 (rényuán) means “staff” or “crew”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it rényuán: rén with a 2nd tone, then yuán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 人员 is written 人員. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one staff is 一个人员 (yí ge rényuán).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type renyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 人员 from the suggestions. Typing renyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
人员 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.