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雇

gù

HSK 6 Character

What 雇 means

1. to employ
2. to hire
3. to rent

Other readings

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

• gùvariant of {雇|gù}

Example sentences

• 谁雇了你？
  Who hired you?
• 我们雇了他。
  We hired him.
• 汤姆被解雇了。
  Tom was fired.
• 谁会想雇汤姆？
  Who would want to hire Tom?
• 她雇佣我来帮助她
  Tā gùyōng wǒ lái bāngzhù tā
  She hired me to help her.
• 我昨天被解雇了。
  I was sacked yesterday.

Words starting with 雇

• 雇佣gù yōngto employ; to hire
• 雇主gù zhǔemployer
• 雇员gù yuánemployee
• 雇用gù yòngto employ; to hire
• 雇佣兵gù yōng bīng(military) mercenary
• 雇凶gù xiōngto hire a hitman

Words containing 雇

• 解雇jiě gùto fire; to sack; to dismiss
• 劳雇láo gùlabor and employer
• 受雇shòu gùto be employed; to be hired; hired
• 贫雇农pín gù nóngpoor peasants (in Marxism)
• 劳雇关系láo gù guān xìrelations between labor and employer; industrial relations

Characters built on 户

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

• 护hùto protect
• 炉lústove; furnace
• 妒dùto envy (success, talent); jealous
• 驴lǘdonkey
• 芦lúrush; reed; Phragmites communis
• 沪Hùshort name for Shanghai
• 庐lúhut
• 扈hùretinue

Characters that look like 雇

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

• 最zuì(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 渔yúfisherman; to fish
• 廉liánincorruptible; honest; inexpensive
• 鹿lùdeer
• 庸yōngordinary; to use

Sounds the same

Read gù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顾to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 故happening; instance; reason
• 固hard; strong; solid
• 估used in 估衣
• 锢obstinate disease; to restrain; to stop
• 梏braces (med.); fetters; manacles
• 痼obstinate disease; (of passion, hobbies) long-term
• 崮steep-sided flat-topped mountain; mesa; (element in mountain names)
• 凅dried up; dry; exhausted
• 堌place name
• 牿shed or pen for cattle
• 鲴Xenocypris, genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia