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The character 员 (simplified from 員) consists of the upper component 口 (kǒu), meaning mouth or circle, placed over the lower radical 贝 (bèi), meaning cowrie shell. Earlier forms depicted a circle atop a bronze tripod vessel to suggest something round. This original sense of roundness later shifted to represent an individual within a group, category, or profession. Today, 员 functions mainly as a suffix denoting a person in a specific occupation, an official employee of an organization, or an active member of a club or team, having lost its original geometric meaning.
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他是一名员工。
我们公司有很多员工。
她是这个俱乐部的会员。
那位服务员很友好。
飞行员每天都要训练。
研究人员正在研究新项目。
作为一名管理员，他负责维护系统。
这位演员在电影中的表演非常出色。