议员

議員

yìyuán

noun HSK 7 #2,161

Measure Word

一位议员 wèi

Meanings

1 member of parliament
2 legislator
3 congressman/congresswoman

Characters

discuss; deliberate

member; personnel

Literally 'deliberation member' — member of parliament

Examples

那位议员提出了一个新提案。

Nà wèi yìyuán tíchū le yī gè xīn tí'àn.

That legislator put forward a new proposal.

议员们正在讨论教育改革。

Yìyuánmen zhèngzài tǎolùn jiàoyù gǎigé.

The legislators are discussing education reform.

Tips

usage

议员 is used for members of foreign legislatures. For Chinese government, the equivalent is 代表 (dàibiǎo) or 人大代表 (réndà dàibiǎo).

Stroke Order

议 yì

员 yuán