Nhân viên nhìn chữ ký.

the signature

Breakdown of Nhân viên nhìn chữ ký.

• nhân viên: the employee
• nhìn: to look at

Questions & Answers about Nhân viên nhìn chữ ký.

What does nhân viên mean here?

Nhân viên means employee, staff member, or worker.

A few useful notes:

• nhân relates to person / human
• viên in this kind of word often helps form a noun for a person with a role

So nhân viên is a very common word for someone who works at a company, office, store, bank, etc.

In this sentence, it can mean:

• the employee
• an employee
• sometimes even employees, depending on context

Vietnamese often does not mark singular vs. plural unless it needs to.

Why is there no word for the or a in the sentence?

Vietnamese usually does not use articles like English a / an / the.

So:

• Nhân viên can mean an employee, the employee, or employees
• chữ ký can mean a signature or the signature

The exact meaning depends on context.

For example:

• Nhân viên nhìn chữ ký.
  could be The employee looks at the signature
  or An employee looks at a signature

If you want to make something more specific, Vietnamese can add other words, such as:

• này = this
• đó / kia = that
• một = one / a certain

Examples:

• một nhân viên = an employee / one employee
• chữ ký này = this signature