僱 (gu3 | gu4) : hire; employ; engage

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僱

gu3

gu4

hire; employ; engage

雇 is variant as well as simplified form of 僱.

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

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

僱 / 雇

This word has been viewed 5237 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Dec 2010 09:59

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解僱 gaai2 gu3 jie3 gu4 = to fire; to sack; to dismiss

僱員 gu3 jyun4 gu4 yuan2 = employee

僱主 gu3 zyu2 gu4 zhu3 = an employer

僱用 gu3 jung6 gu4 yong4 = hire; employ

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

僱傭兵 gu3 jung4 bing1 gu4 yong1 bing1 = mercenary

自僱人士 zi6 gu3 jan4 si6 zi4 gu4 ren2 shi4 = self-employed person

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

受僱 sau6 gu3 shou4 gu4 = to be employed;to be hired; hired; paid; mercenary

僱員補償條例 gu3 jyun4 bou2 soeng4 tiu4 lai6 = Employees' Compensation Ordinance
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Decimal representation of this word: 僱
Unicode code for this character: U+50f1 (off-site link)

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