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佣

yōng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 傭

What 佣 means

1. to hire
2. to employ
3. servant
4. hired laborer
5. domestic help

Other readings

佣 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yòngcommission (for middleman); brokerage fee

Example sentences

• 她雇佣我来帮助她
  Tā gùyōng wǒ lái bāngzhù tā
  She hired me to help her.
• 玛丽是个好女佣。
  Mǎlì shì gè hǎo nǚyōng.
  Mary is a good maid.
• 她雇佣我来帮助她。
  She hired me to help her.
• 为什么我要雇佣Tom？
  Wèishénme wǒ yào gùyōng T om?
  Why should I hire Tom?
• 为什幺我要雇佣Tom？
  Why should I hire Tom?
• 我在黑暗的巷子中绊倒，膝盖砸在柏油路上。一块木板盖着巷弄的房屋之间的电线。深夜的巷弄非常之暗。我的眼镜从眼睛上掉了下来。幸好有一位带着手电筒的广东工人帮忙。我的膝盖只是擦破了皮。我想起另一次膝盖摔伤是在菲律宾奎松市的唐荷西高地。那里有一大片火星般的红土地，遍地长满了「塔拉希布」草。有时工人会故意纵火烧草。我和哥哥当时还在外面玩。那时我们还未到青春期。在燃烧的野草旁，我摔倒了，膝盖着地。我的贝贝姥姥愤怒不已。家里的女佣在车库后面的大磁砖水槽里帮我清洗了双腿。
  I tripped in the alleyway in the darkness, as I crashed my knees on the asphalt. There was a wooden board that covered a wire between houses across the alleyway. It was very dark there at night. My eyeglasses fell off my face. Luckily, a Cantonese labourer with a flashlight helped me. My knees just got scraped. I remember another time when I crashed on my knees. It was at Don José Heights in Quezon City in the Philippines. There was a vastness of Martianesque red soil, wherein the "talahib" grass grew. Sometimes, workers intentionally set the grass on fire. My brother and I were still playing, even then, outside. We were still prepubescent. Near burning grass, I stumbled on my knees. My grandmother, Lola Bebe, was so angry. A maid washed my legs in the big tiled sink behind the garage.

Words starting with 佣

• 佣人yōng rénservant
• 佣金yòng jīncommission
• 佣钱yòng qiancommission; brokerage
• 佣兵yōng bīng(military) mercenary; (sports) player hired from another country
• 佣妇yōng fùmaid; female servant; domestic worker
• 佣工yōng gōnghired laborer; servant
• 佣婢yōng bìservant girl

Words containing 佣

• 雇佣gù yōngto employ; to hire
• 女佣nǚ yōng(female) maid
• 回佣huí yòngcommission; sales
• 家佣jiā yōngdomestic helper
• 帮佣bāng yōngservant; domestic help
• 抽佣chōu yòngto take a commission; to take a percentage cut
• 菲佣Fēi yōngFilipino maid
• 雇佣兵gù yōng bīng(military) mercenary

Characters built on 用

These share the phonetic component 用 (yòng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 拥yōngto hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm
• 甬yǒngpath screened by walls on both sides
• 痈yōngcarbuncle

Characters that look like 佣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 拥yōngto hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm
• 侧cèthe side; to incline towards; to lean
• 伪wěifalse; fake; forged
• 佬lǎomale; man (Cantonese)
• 侥jiǎoby mere luck
• 佻tiāofrivolous; unsteady; delay

Sounds the same

Read yōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 拥to hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm
• 庸ordinary; to use
• 雍harmony
• 慵lethargic
• 镛large bell
• 臃used in 臃肿
• 墉fortified wall; city wall
• 壅to obstruct; to stop up; to heap soil around the roots of a plant
• 邕city surrounded by a moat; old variant of 雍; old variant of 壅
• 痈carbuncle
• 饔(literary) cooked food; breakfast
• 廱harmonious