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  jung4   jyutping
  yong1   pinyin
[1] [n] employee; servant
[2] [v] employ; hire

Apart from being the simplified form of , is also a traditional character with a separate meaning.
Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: verb
Stroke count: 13
Level: 2
Radical: (#9)

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

This word has been viewed 4921 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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detail  ngoi6 jung4  wai4 yong2 = foreign maids
detail  jung4 gung1  yong1 gong1 = hired labour
detail  jan3 jung4  yin4 yong1 = an Indonesian maid
detail  fei1 jung4  fei1 yong1 = Filipino domestic workers
detail  jung4 jan4  yong1 ren2 = a servant
detail  gaa1 jung4  jia1 yong1 = a servant
detail  neoi5 jung4  nv3 yong1 = (female) maid, domestic worker, helper
detail  taai3 jung4  tai4 yong1 = a Thai maid, domestic worker / helper from Thailand
detail  gu3 jung4  gu4 yong1 = maid, domestic worker, domestic helper
detail  gu3 jung4 bing1  gu4 yong1 bing1 = mercenary
See all 14 compounds (CantoDict reports 13 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)
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