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Chinese symbol for “receptionist”

接待员
jiē dài yuán
Traditional: 接待員
receptionist

The closest CC-CEDICT match for receptionist is 接待员 (jiē dài yuán), defined as: receptionist.

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

接 jiē
to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
待 dài
to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
radical 60 ⼻ · 9 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “receptionist”

WordPinyinMeaning
传达员 (傳達員)chuán dá yuánusher; receptionist

Related words

Other words that share a character with 接待员.

WordPinyinMeaning
直接zhí jiēdirectly; direct
接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
链接 (鏈接)liàn jiēto link; to catenate; link (on a web page); hyperlink
接触 (接觸)jiē chùto touch; to contact
接近jiē jìnto approach; to get close to
连接 (連接)lián jiēto link; to join; to connect
等待děng dàito wait; to wait for
对待 (對待)duì dàito treat; treatment
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “receptionist”.

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.