雇

The character "雇" has 12 strokes. "雇" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "雇" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "雇" are "gù" . View the stroke order of "雇">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "雇"

v.: hire; employ; engage

• hire : v.租用；雇佣；出租；临时（或短期）雇佣；打短工；受雇干活
• employ : v.雇用；用；利用；使用；使从事；使忙碌
• engage : v.引起；吸引；参加；从事；卷入；聘请；允诺；约定；使某人加入；雇用

Form words with "雇"

雇保姆 hire a maid

雇出租车 hire a taxi

Example phrases using "雇"

• 新雇的工人下周一上工。

  The new worker will start work next Monday.

• 那家私人诊所雇了个托儿从大医院招揽病人。

  The private clinic hired a come-on to lure patients from large hospitals.

• 谁也不想雇一个对前雇主说三道四的人。

  No one wants to hire an individual who bad-mouths a prior employer.

• 你应该雇人手在上面都刻上有美感的图案。

  You had need hire men to chip it all over artistically.

• 我们雇了一个魔术师来娱乐孩子们。

  We hired a magician to entertain the children.

• 他雇了1名女仆来照顾她的病妻。

  He put a maid in to look after his sick wife.

• 公司需要新雇一个人事管理人员.

  The company needs to hire a new personnel officer.

• 我们必须雇一个新的广告代理商。

  We must hire a new advertising agency.

• 我们必须雇几个工人来收割庄稼。

  We must hire some workers to gather in crops.

• 大学生是否该雇清洁工打扫寝室？

  Should college students hire a cleaning person?