HSK · Level 91
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Chinese word
参谋
Pronunciation
Pinyincān móu
Meaning
- nounadvisor
Example
在这个项目上，她是团队的参谋。zài zhè ge xiàng mù shàng tā shì tuán duì de cān móu
On this project, she is the team's advisor.
More examples
公司聘请了一位首席参谋，负责项目的战略规划。gōng sī pìn qǐng le yí wèi shǒu xí cān móu fù zé xiàng mù dì zhàn lüè guī huà
The company hired a chief advisor to handle the project's strategic planning.
Core concept
A planning partner whose analysis and ideas guide someone else's decisions.
Common phrases
首席参谋shǒu xí cān móu
chief advisor
战略参谋zhàn lüè cān móu
strategic advisor
政治参谋zhèng zhì cān móu
political advisor
Similar words
顾问gù wèn: A specialist who offers expert advice and proposals for solving problems or making choices.
助手zhù shǒu: A helper who supports someone by handling practical work and daily tasks.
Definition in Chinese
为决策提供分析、建议和策略支持的人员或职务，常在幕后参与筹划，也可泛指替他人出谋献策的顾问性角色。wèi jué cè tí gōng fēn xī jiàn yì hé cè lüè zhī chí de rén yuán huò zhí wù cháng zài mù hòu cān yù chóu huà yě kě fàn zhǐ tì tā rén chū móu xiàn cè de gù wèn xìng jué sè
Word origin
参 (cān, "take part") + 谋 (móu, "plan") presents the word as joining another person in working out a course of action, which explains its wider use for advisory support.
Usage tips
- The word often carries an active planning flavor in Chinese, so it fits someone who helps shape a course of action rather than someone who gives only a one-time opinion.
Other meanings
- staff officernoun
- adviseverb
Opposites
- 决策者jué cè zhědecision-makernoun
Related words
- 首席参谋shǒu xí cān móuchief advisornoun
- 战略参谋zhàn lüè cān móustrategic advisornoun