A mentee is the person a mentor helps — someone with less experience who is advised and supported, most often at work, in training, or at university. The mentor is the experienced one; the mentee is the one receiving the help.

A mentee is the person a mentor helpsmentee是指導者（mentor）所幫助的那個人, someone with less experience who is advised and supported一個經驗較少、接受建議和支持的人, most often at work, in training, or at university最常見於職場、培訓，或大學裡。The mentor is the experienced onementor是有經驗的那一方; the mentee is the one receiving the helpmentee則是接受幫助的那一方。

It is office and school English, not family English: you do not usually call a child a mentee of a parent.

It is office and school English這是職場和學校用的英文, not family English不是家庭裡用的英文：you do not usually call a child a mentee of a parent你通常不會把小孩叫做父母的mentee。

It feels a little formal. Many people skip the word and say “the person I mentor” instead.

It feels a little formal它給人的感覺有點正式。Many people skip the word很多人會乾脆不用這個字, and say “the person I mentor” instead改說「the person I mentor」（我輔導的人）。

The word is fairly new (from about 1958). English speakers looked at mentor, treated the end as if it meant “the one who does it” (like employer), and built mentee with -ee for “the one it is done to” (like employee). Mentor itself is from an old Greek name, so that -or reading was a mistake — but mentee stuck, and it is a real word now.

The word is fairly new (from about 1958)這個字相當新（大約從1958年開始）。English speakers looked at mentor說英文的人看著mentor這個字, treated the end as if it meant “the one who does it” (like employer)把字尾當成「做這件事的人」（就像employer）, and built mentee with -ee for “the one it is done to” (like employee)然後用-ee造出mentee，表示「被做這件事的人」（就像employee）。Mentor itself is from an old Greek namementor這個字本身來自一個古希臘人名, so that -or reading was a mistake所以那種解讀其實是個誤會——but mentee stuck但mentee還是流傳了下來, and it is a real word now現在已經是個正式的字了。