员工

• 拼音: yuán gōng
• 汉字拆解: 员 = 口 (mouth) + 贝 (shell/money), meaning member; 工 = pictograph of a tool or workbench, meaning work

含义

Employee; staff member. Refers to a person employed by a company or organisation.

A formal and widely used term for employees in companies, factories, and organisations. More neutral and modern than 工人 (worker), which implies manual labour. Often used in corporate and HR contexts.

例句

1. 这家公司有两百多名员工。
2. 公司为员工提供免费午餐。
3. 新员工需要参加三天的培训。

用法指南

语境: business, workplace, HR

语气: professional

正确说法

• 我们公司的员工都很努力。(Our company's employees all work very hard.)
• 员工满意度调查显示结果很好。(The employee satisfaction survey showed good results.)

错误说法

• 老板也是员工。(Don't use 员工 for the owner or boss — 员工 refers to hired staff, not the employer)

起源与历史

员 (member, person) + 工 (work, labour). A member who does work — an employee.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal