员 – vocab dash

员yuán

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Meanings

1. (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity

2. (bound form) member

3. classifier for military generals

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Examples6

直子是shì个gè游泳yóuyǒng员yuán。

Naoko is a swimmer.

她tā是shì幼儿园yòu'éryuán里lǐ的de保育bǎoyù员yuán。

She is a child-care worker in a kindergarten.

汤姆Tāngmǔ是shì海豚hǎitún训练xùnliàn员yuán。

Tom is a dolphin trainer.

我wǒ知道zhīdào汤姆Tāngmǔ是shì个gè差劲chàjìn的de舞蹈wǔdǎo员yuán。

I know that Tom is a terrible dancer.

他tā是shì个gè老练lǎoliàn的de侦查zhēnchá员yuán。

He's a seasoned investigator.

海豚hǎitún和hé驯养xùnyǎng员yuán交流jiāoliú得de比bǐ我们wǒmen所suǒ期望qīwàng的de好hǎo得de多duō。

The dolphin and trainer communicated much better than we expected.