運動員

See also: 运动员

Chinese

		to exercise; to move about; to get things done by pulling strings	person; employee; member
trad. (運動員)		運動	員
simp. (运动员)		运动	员

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùndòngyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁶ dung⁶ jyun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yun-thung-yèn / yun-thung-yàn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ūn-tǒng-oân / ūn-tōng-oân

(Teochew, Peng'im): ung⁷ dong⁶ uang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùndòngyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùndòngyuán
  - Wade–Giles: yün⁴-tung⁴-yüan²
  - Yale: yùn-dùng-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunndonqyuan
  - Palladius: юньдунъюань (junʹdunʺjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan⁶ dung⁶ jyun⁴
  - Yale: wahn duhng yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁶ dung⁶ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁶ dung⁶ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²² tʊŋ²² jyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yun-thung-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: iun tung ien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun⁴ tung⁴ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯un⁵⁵ tʰuŋ⁵⁵ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yun-thung-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun tung (r)ian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yun⁴ tung⁴ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un⁵⁵ tʰuŋ⁵⁵ (j)i̯an¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūn-tǒng-oân
  - Tâi-lô: ūn-tǒng-uân
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁴¹⁻²² tɔŋ²² uan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūn-tōng-oân
  - Tâi-lô: ūn-tōng-uân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uxndoxng'oaan
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /un³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ uan²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /un²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ uan¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /un³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ uan²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /un²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ uan²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ung⁷ dong⁶ uang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ūng tŏng uâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ¹¹ toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

運動員

athlete; sportsperson
選拔運動員／选拔运动员 ― xuǎnbá yùndòngyuán ― to select sportspeople

奧運會的時候，我們關注金牌的運動員。 [MSC, trad.]
奥运会的时候，我们关注金牌的运动员。 [MSC, simp.]
Àoyùnhuì de shíhou, wǒmen guānzhù jīnpái de yùndòngyuán. [Pinyin]
During the Olympics we pay special attention to gold medalists.

Derived terms

乒乓球運動員 / 乒乓球运动员 (pīngpāngqiú yùndòngyuán)
網球運動員 / 网球运动员 (wǎngqiú yùndòngyuán)
體操運動員 / 体操运动员 (tǐcāo yùndòngyuán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
運	動	員
うん Grade: 3	どう Grade: 3	いん Grade: 3
on'yomi	kan'yōon	kan'on

Etymology

運動(うんどう) (undō, “movement; campaign”) + 員(いん) (-in, “member”). Compare Chinese 運動員 / 运动员 (yùndòngyuán, “sportsperson”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɯ̟̃ndo̞ːĩɴ]
(Tokyo) うんどーいん [ùńdóꜜòìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]

Noun

運(うん)動(どう)員(いん) • (undōin)

a campaigner; a canvasser
選(せん)挙(きょ)の運(うん)動(どう)員(いん) ― senkyo no undōin ― an electioneer

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 [New NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
運	動	員

Noun

運動員 • (undong'won) (hangeul 운동원)

hanja form^? of 운동원 (“canvasser; campaigner”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
運	動	員

Noun

運動員

chữ Hán form of vận động viên (“athlete; sportsperson”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK16-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 [New NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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