運動員

See also: 运动员

Chinese

		to exercise; to move about; to get things done by pulling strings	person; employee; member
trad. (運動員)		運動	員
simp. (运动员)		运动	员

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùndòngyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁶ dung⁶ jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yun-thung-yèn / yun-thung-yàn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ūn-tǒng-oân / ūn-tōng-oân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ung⁷ dong⁶ uang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùndòngyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùndòngyuán
    • Wade–Giles: yün⁴-tung⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: yùn-dùng-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunndonqyuan
    • Palladius: юньдунъюань (junʹdunʺjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁶ dung⁶ jyun⁴
    • Yale: wahn duhng yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁶ dung⁶ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁶ dung⁶ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²² tʊŋ²² jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yun-thung-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: iun tung ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun⁴ tung⁴ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯un⁵⁵ tʰuŋ⁵⁵ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yun-thung-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun tung (r)ianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun⁴ tung⁴ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un⁵⁵ tʰuŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūn-tǒng-oân
    • Tâi-lô: ūn-tǒng-uân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁴¹⁻²² tɔŋ²² uan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūn-tōng-oân
    • Tâi-lô: ūn-tōng-uân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxndoxng'oaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /un³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /un²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ uan¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ uan²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ uan²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ung⁷ dong⁶ uang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ūng tŏng uâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ¹¹ toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

運動員

1. athlete; sportsperson

   選拔運動員／选拔运动员  ―  xuǎnbá yùndòngyuán  ―  to select sportspeople

   奧運會的時候，我們關注金牌的運動員。 [MSC, trad.]
   奥运会的时候，我们关注金牌的运动员。 [MSC, simp.]

   Àoyùnhuì de shíhou, wǒmen guānzhù jīnpái de yùndòngyuán. [Pinyin]

   During the Olympics we pay special attention to gold medalists.

Derived terms

• 網球運動員／网球运动员 (wǎngqiú yùndòngyuán)
• 體操運動員／体操运动员 (tǐcāo yùndòngyuán)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
運	動	員
うん Grade: 3	どう Grade: 3	いん Grade: 3
on’yomi	kan’yōon	kan’on

Etymology

運動 (“to mobilize; to campaign”) +‎ 員 (“-er”). Compare Chinese 運動員／运动员 (yùndòngyuán, “sportsperson”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うんど​ーいん [ùńdóꜜòìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟̃ᵝndo̞ːĩɴ]

Noun

運(うん)動(どう)員(いん) • (undōin) 

1. a campaigner; a canvasser

   選(せん)挙(きょ)の運(うん)動(どう)員(いん)

   senkyo no undōin

   an electioneer

Korean

Hanja in this term
運	動	員

Noun

運動員 • (undong'won) (hangeul 운동원)

1. Hanja form^? of 운동원 (“canvasser; campaigner”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
運	動	員

Noun

運動員

1. chữ Hán form of vận động viên (“athlete; sportsperson”).