Vocabulary

What does 定員 (ていいん, teiin) mean?

定員 (ていいん, teiin) means capacity, fixed number of people.

Quick facts
Readingていいん
Romajiteiin
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
ていいん
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonteiin

capacity, fixed number of people

  1. 1noun fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota
  2. 2noun capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity

Example sentences

  • This bus's capacity is forty people.

  • The number of applications exceeded the capacity.

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