Chinese symbol for “clerk”
营业员
yíng yè yuán
Traditional: 營業員
clerk; shop assistant; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for clerk is 营业员 (yíng yè yuán), defined as: clerk; shop assistant; 个 (gè).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “clerk”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 书记 (書記) | shū ji | secretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe |
| 文员 (文員) | wén yuán | office worker; clerk |
| 内勤 (內勤) | nèi qín | clerical work in the office; office work; office staff; clerk |
| 行员 (行員) | háng yuán | (Tw) staff; clerk; employee (of a bank 银行 (yín háng) or commercial firm 商行 (shāng háng)) |
| 文案 | wén àn | (newspapers etc) copy; copywriter |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 营业员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 经营 (經營) | jīng yíng | to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate |
| 运营 (運營) | yùn yíng | to be in operation; to do business |
| 营业 (營業) | yíng yè | to do business; to trade |
| 营销 (營銷) | yíng xiāo | marketing |
| 营养 (營養) | yíng yǎng | nutrition; nourishment |
| 营运 (營運) | yíng yùn | running; operation (of airport, bus service, business etc) |
| 企业 (企業) | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 专业 (專業) | zhuān yè | specialty; specialized field |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
See also: Japanese symbol for “clerk”.
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.