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Chinese symbol for “alderman”

市议员
shì yì yuán
Traditional: 市議員
town councilor; city councilor; alderman

The closest CC-CEDICT match for alderman is 市议员 (shì yì yuán), defined as: town councilor; city councilor; alderman.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

市 shì
city, town; market, fair; to trade
radical 50 ⼱ · 5 strokes
议 yì
to consult, to talk over; to criticize, to discuss
radical 149 ⾔ · 5 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 市议员.

WordPinyinMeaning
城市chéng shìcity; town; measure word: 座 (zuò)
市场 (市場)shì chǎngmarketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market
市长 (市長)shì zhǎngmayor
上市shàng shìto hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market)
市民shì míncity resident; townspeople
市区 (市區)shì qūurban district; downtown
会议 (會議)huì yìmeeting; conference
建议 (建議)jiàn yìto propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (点 (diǎn))
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “alderman”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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