Definition
雇 (gù) means 'to hire' or 'to employ' a person for work — it is used for hiring workers or employees, not for renting things (use 租/出租/租赁 for property or equipment). Compared to 聘请/聘/聘用, which are more formal and often for professional positions, 雇 is a general, everyday term for employing someone.
verb
to hireto employ
Easily confused
- 扁biǎnlook-alikeflat
- 古gǔsound-alikeancient; old (from the distant past)
- 股gǔsound-alike(classifier) for long winding things (rope, river, strand)
- 鼓gǔsound-alike(noun) drum
- 顾gùsound-aliketo take into consideration, to attend to (often used with 不 or 只)
- 故gùsound-aliketherefore, hence, so
Examples
- 雇。Wǒ xiǎng gù yí gè rén bāng wǒ dǎsǎo fángjiān.I want to hire someone to help me clean the room.
- 雇。Shàng gè yuè wǒmen gù le liǎng gè línshígōng.Last month we hired two temporary workers.
- 雇。Zhè jiā gōngsī jìhuà gù yì míng jīnglǐ.This company plans to hire a manager.
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