粵

議ji5員jyun4

simp议员
ji5 jyun4yì yuán

English

  1. member (of a legislative body)
  2. representative
  3. legislator; councillor

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺立法機關入面,負責提出、審核法案,決定批唔批准公共開支同埋監察政府嘅人員。(量詞:位/名/個)

Examples

  • 佢老豆喺美國到做參議員。

    His dad is a senator in the USA.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 汤姆在竞选国会议员。

    Tom is running for Congress.

    Tatoeba · cxpadonis CC BY

  • 议员受到了议会道德委员会的谴责。

    The senator was censured by the congressional ethics committee.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 香港立法會係由 70 個議員組成。

    The HK LegCo is formed by 70 legislators.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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