教员

教員
jiàoyuán
noun #20,614

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 teacher
  2. 2 instructor
  3. 3 faculty member

Examples

Tā shì xuéxiào de yī míng tǐyù jiàoyuán.
He is a physical education instructor at the school.
Jūnduì lǐ yǒu zhuānmén fùzé xùnliàn de jiàoyuán.
The military has instructors dedicated to training.

Tips

usage
教员 is slightly more formal than 老师 (lǎoshī, teacher) and often used in military, official, or institutional contexts. It can also be a historical/revolutionary term — Mao Zedong was referred to as 教员.

Stroke Order

jiāo
yuán