收银员

收銀員

shōuyínyuán

noun

Measure Word

一名收银员 míng

Meanings

1 cashier
2 checkout clerk

Characters

person employed

Examples

HSK 4

她在超市当收银员。

Tā zài chāoshì dāng shōuyínyuán.

She works as a cashier in a supermarket.

HSK 5

收银员把小票递给了我。

Shōuyínyuán bǎ xiǎopiào dì gěi le wǒ.

The cashier handed me the receipt.

Tips

memory

收 "to take in" + 银 "silver" + 员 "staff": silver was the money of old China, so the cashier is the one who takes in the silver. Cashiers work at the 收银台, the checkout.

Stroke Order

收 shōu

银 yín

员 yuán