社員

See also: 社员

Chinese

		society; group	person; employee; member
trad. (社員)		社	員
simp. (社员)		社	员

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁵ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siǎ-oân / siā-oân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèyuán
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: shè-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehyuan
    • Palladius: шэюань (šɛjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁵ jyun⁴
    • Yale: séh yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁵ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁵ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː¹³ jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǎ-oân
    • Tâi-lô: siǎ-uân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia²² uan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā-oân
    • Tâi-lô: siā-uân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxoaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia³³⁻²¹ uan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sia³³⁻¹¹ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia²²⁻²¹ uan¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sia²²⁻²¹ uan²⁴/

Noun

社員

1. member (of a club, society, commune etc.)

Coordinate terms

• 成員／成员 (chéngyuán)
• 隊員／队员 (duìyuán)
• 團員／团员 (tuányuán)

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
社	員
しゃ Grade: 2	いん Grade: 3
kan’on

Alternative spelling
社員 (kyūjitai)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

First cited to a text from the late 1870s.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゃ​いん [sháꜜìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠ĩɴ]

Noun

社(しゃ)員(いん) • (shain) ^{←しやゐん (syawin)?}

1. [from late 1870s] member of a company

   社員(しゃいん)食(しょく)堂(どう)

   shain shokudō

   staff cafeteria

Usage notes

Often used with reference to a particular company. For “company employee” as an occupation, 会(かい)社(しゃ)員(いん) (kaishain) is often used.

Korean

Hanja in this term
社	員

Noun

社員 • (sawon) (hangeul 사원)

1. Hanja form^? of 사원 (“member of a company”).