Chinese symbol for “interpreter”
译员
yì yuán
Traditional: 譯員
interpreter; translator (esp. oral)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for interpreter is 译员 (yì yuán), defined as: interpreter; translator (esp. oral).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “interpreter”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 口译员 (口譯員) | kǒu yì yuán | interpreter; oral translator |
| 翻译 (翻譯) | fān yì | to translate; to interpret |
| 解释器 (解釋器) | jiě shì qì | interpreter (computing) |
| 直译器 (直譯器) | zhí yì qì | interpreter (computing) |
| 翻译者 (翻譯者) | fān yì zhě | translator; interpreter |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 译员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翻译 (翻譯) | fān yì | to translate; to interpret |
| 编译 (編譯) | biān yì | to translate and edit; translator-editor |
| 音译 (音譯) | yīn yì | transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters); characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or |
| 译文 (譯文) | yì wén | translated text |
| 译本 (譯本) | yì běn | translation (translated version of a text) |
| 破译 (破譯) | pò yì | to decipher; to decode |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
| 人员 (人員) | rén yuán | staff; crew |
See also: Japanese symbol for “interpreter”.
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.