Definition
人员 (rén yuán) is a formal, collective noun for 'personnel, staff' — it refers to the group of people in a profession or organization. It is more official than 员工 (yuán gōng), which means company employees and can refer to individuals. 人员 is not used to count individual staff.
noun
personnelstaffcrew
Measure word · 个
Easily confused
- 人质rén zhìlook-alikehostage
Examples
- 。Gōngsī zhāopìn le xīn rén yuán.The company recruited new staff.
- 人员。Yīliáo rén yuán zài nǔlì bāngzhù bìngrén.The medical staff are working hard to help patients.
- 人员。Zhè jiā chāoshì de rén yuán dōu hěn yǒuhǎo.The staff at this supermarket are all very friendly.
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