雇 gù
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 隹 — short-tailed bird
- Made of
- 户 door 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
雇佣
gùyōng
to employ; to hire
Characters in this word
佣 yōng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 用 to use, to employ, to apply
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 平台通过外包形式雇佣骑手，责任边界却常常被故意模糊。 Píngtái tōngguò wàibāo xíngshì gùyōng qíshǒu, zérèn biānjiè què chángcháng bèi gùyì móhu. The platform employs riders through outsourcing, yet the boundaries of responsibility are often deliberately blurred.
- 这家工厂雇佣了三百多名工人。 Zhè jiā gōngchǎng gùyōng le sān bǎi duō míng gōngrén. This factory employs more than three hundred workers.
- 农场主每年秋天都会雇佣一些短工来摘苹果。 Nóngchǎngzhǔ měi nián qiūtiān dōu huì gùyōng yìxiē duǎngōng lái zhāi píngguǒ. Every autumn the farm owner takes on some seasonal workers to pick apples.
Related words
- 雇 gù to hire; to employ
- 雇员 gùyuán employee
- 雇主 gùzhǔ employer
- 解雇 jiěgù to dismiss; to fire
- 裁员 cáiyuán to lay off staff; to cut personnel
- 工会 gōnghuì trade union; labour union
- 辞退 cítuì to dismiss; to fire
- 罢工 bàgōng to strike; strike
- 辞呈 cíchéng resignation letter
- 怠工 dàigōng to go slow at work; to deliberately reduce work output
- 辞 cí to resign; to dismiss; to decline; to take leave
- 干事 gànshi officer; clerk; committee member