指导员

Traditional form:

指導員

Pinyin (reading):

zhǐdǎoyuán

Definitions:

• instructor
• coach
• political instructor (in the PLA)

Characters:

• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate
• 导 - to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct
• 员 - employee; member; personnel, staff

Traditional characters:

• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate
• 導 - to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct
• 員 - employee; member; personnel, staff