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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).

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

译 yì
to translate, to interpret; to encode, to decode
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “interpreter”

WordPinyinMeaning
口译员 (口譯員)kǒu yì yuáninterpreter; oral translator
翻译 (翻譯)fān yìto translate; to interpret
解释器 (解釋器)jiě shì qìinterpreter (computing)
直译器 (直譯器)zhí yì qìinterpreter (computing)
翻译者 (翻譯者)fān yì zhětranslator; interpreter

Related words

Other words that share a character with 译员.

WordPinyinMeaning
翻译 (翻譯)fān yìto translate; to interpret
编译 (編譯)biān yìto translate and edit; translator-editor
音译 (音譯)yīn yìtransliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters); characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or
译文 (譯文)yì wéntranslated text
译本 (譯本)yì běntranslation (translated version of a text)
破译 (破譯)pò yìto decipher; to decode
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission
人员 (人員)rén yuánstaff; 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.

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