公务员

公務員

gōngwùyuán

noun HSK 3 #11,728

Measure Word

一名公务员 míng

Meanings

1 civil servant
2 government employee

Characters

public; official

affairs; business

member; personnel

Public affairs + worker = civil servant.

Examples

HSK 2

他是一名公务员。

Tā shì yī míng gōngwùyuán.

He is a civil servant.

HSK 2

很多大学生想当公务员。

Hěn duō dàxuéshēng xiǎng dāng gōngwùyuán.

Many college students want to become civil servants.

HSK 5

公务员考试竞争很激烈。

Gōngwùyuán kǎoshì jìngzhēng hěn jīliè.

The civil service exam is very competitive.

Tips

culture

The civil service exam (公务员考试, also called 国考) is extremely competitive - millions take it each year for relatively few positions. Being a 公务员 is seen as a stable 'iron rice bowl' (铁饭碗) career.

Stroke Order

公 gōng

务 wù

员 yuán