傭 (jung4 | yong1) : employee; employ

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傭

jung4

yong1

[1] [n] employee; servant
[2] [v] employ; hire

Apart from being the simplified form of 傭, 佣 is also a traditional character with a separate meaning.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

傭 / 佣

This word has been viewed 4967 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 14th Jun 2007 02:31 and last edited on 7th Oct 2013 11:06

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外傭 ngoi6 jung4 wai4 yong2 = foreign maids

傭工 jung4 gung1 yong1 gong1 = hired labour

印傭 jan3 jung4 yin4 yong1 = an Indonesian maid

菲傭 fei1 jung4 fei1 yong1 = Filipino domestic workers

傭人 jung4 jan4 yong1 ren2 = a servant

家傭 gaa1 jung4 jia1 yong1 = a servant

女傭 neoi5 jung4 nv3 yong1 = (female) maid, domestic worker, helper

泰傭 taai3 jung4 tai4 yong1 = a Thai maid, domestic worker / helper from Thailand

僱傭 gu3 jung4 gu4 yong1 = maid, domestic worker, domestic helper

僱傭兵 gu3 jung4 bing1 gu4 yong1 bing1 = mercenary

內傭 noi6 jung4 nei4 yong1 = mainland China domestic workers

男傭 naam4 jung4 nan2 yong1 = domestic helper (male)

僱傭條例 gu3 jung4 tiu4 lai6 gu4 yong1 tiao2 li4 = employment ordinance

海外僱傭中心 hoi2 ngoi6 gu3 jung4 zung1 sam1 hai3 wai4 gu4 yong1 zhong1 xin1 = overseas employment centre

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Decimal representation of this word: 傭
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