要員

See also: 要员

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	person; employee; member
trad. (要員)		要	員
simp. (要员)		要	员

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàoyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-oân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàoyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàoyuán
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: yàu-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawyuan
    • Palladius: яоюань (jaojuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ jyun⁴
    • Yale: yiu yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-oân
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-uân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iao'oaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ uan¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²¹⁻⁴¹ uan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau¹¹⁻⁵³ uan²⁴/

Noun

要員

1. important official
2. key participant; VIP

Japanese

Kanji in this term
要	員
よう Grade: 4	いん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

First attested in 1941.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よーいん [yòóíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːĩɴ]

Noun

要(よう)員(いん) • (yōin) ^{←えうゐん (ewin)?}

1. [from 1941] necessary personnel

Korean

Hanja in this term
要	員

Noun

要員 • (yowon) (hangeul 요원)

1. Hanja form^? of 요원 (“personnel”).