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雇佣

gù yōng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 僱傭

雇佣 (gù yōng) means "to employ; to hire". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 雇佣 means

1. to employ; to hire

Other readings

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

• gù yōngto employ; to hire

The characters in 雇佣

• 雇gùto employ; to hire; to rent
• 佣yōngto hire; to employ; servant

Example sentences

• 她雇佣我来帮助她
  Tā gùyōng wǒ lái bāngzhù tā
  She hired me to help her.
• 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?

Words starting with 雇佣

• 雇佣兵gù yōng bīng(military) mercenary

Where 雇佣 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Work, Labor & Employment (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gù yōng correctly.
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