议员

議員

yìyuán

noun #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

HSK 5

议员们正在讨论教育改革。

Yìyuán men zhèngzài tǎolùn jiàoyù gǎigé.

The legislators are discussing education reform.

HSK 6

那位议员提出了一个新提案。

Nà wèi yìyuán tíchū le yígè xīn tí'àn.

That legislator put forward a new proposal.

Tips

usage

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

Stroke Order

议 yì

员 yuán