jan4 jyun4人員人员
Jyutpingjan4 jyun4
Yaleyàhn yùhn
Definition
Personnel; staff; people working for an organization or in a professional capacity.
neutralworkpeople
How it's used
Refers specifically to people employed within an organization or performing a specific duty. It sounds more formal and detached than using terms like 職員 or 伙計. It is frequently used in official announcements or when describing the collective body of workers in a professional setting.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
The staff here are very polite.
Have you found the personnel in charge yet?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to refer to casual friends or acquaintances, as it carries a bureaucratic or institutional tone. It is strictly for professional or organizational contexts.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
