员工 (yuángōng)

员工 refers to an employee or staff member of an organization, company, or institution.

Meanings

[noun] employee, staff member, or worker at an organization

Example Sentences

公司有五百名员工。 Gōngsī yǒu wǔbǎi míng yuángōng. The company has five hundred employees.

管理者应该尊重每一位员工。 Guǎnlǐzhě yīnggāi zūnzhòng měi yī wèi yuángōng. Managers should respect every employee.

公司为员工提供了很好的福利待遇。 Gōngsī wèi yuángōng tígōng le hěn hǎo de fúlì dàiyù. The company provides employees with excellent benefits.

员工满意度对公司的发展至关重要。 Yuángōng mǎnyì dù duì gōngsī de fāzhǎn zhìguān zhòngyào. Employee satisfaction is crucial for the company's development.

Collocations

Collocation	Meaning
公司员工	company employees
员工培训	employee training
员工福利	employee benefits
全体员工	all employees

Usage Notes

员工 is the standard neutral term for "employee" in a corporate or organizational setting. Compare with 工人 (gōngrén, factory worker or laborer), which implies manual or blue-collar work. 员工 is appropriate for any level of staff including white-collar workers, managers, and professionals.

Memory Hook

员 means "member" (as in a member of a group) and 工 means "work," so an 员工 is a "working member," an employee.