雇
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gù · employment

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HSK 3.0 · Level 7-9Frequency #6583
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12Total strokes

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Upper-left enclosureCharacter structure

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隹Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 雇

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gùWords pronounced gù
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Example sentences

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Tā gù yōng wǒ lái bāng zhù tā.她雇佣我来帮助她。

She hired me to help her.

Source: Tatoeba #8743623 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhège gōng sī sān fēn zhī èr de gù yuán shì gōng chéng shī.这个公司三分之二的雇员是工程师。

Two thirds of the employees of this company are engineers.

Source: Tatoeba #8914613 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dé guó jiāng jìn zhǐ gù zhǔ zài liǎn shū shàng tōu kuī.德国将禁止雇主在脸书上偷窥。

Germany is to ban employers from snooping on Facebook.

Source: Tatoeba #8795189 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de lǎo bǎn gāng gāng jiě gù le wǒ.我的老板刚刚解雇了我。

My boss just fired me.

Source: Tatoeba #8930133 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè jiā gōng sī bù fēn zhǒng zú 、 zōng jiào huò guó jí gù yòng rén.这家公司不分种族、宗教或国籍雇用人。

That company hires people without regard to race, religion, or nationality.

Source: Tatoeba #785359 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Sī jiā zhēn tàn men shòu gù diàochá zhè zhuāng qí guài de àn jiàn.私家侦探们受雇调查这桩奇怪的案件。

Private detectives were hired to look into the strange case.

Source: Tatoeba #1883480 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 雇 in context

  1. Say gù, then recall the core meaning: employment.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the upper-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Use it in 雇佣 (gù yōng), meaning “to employ”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 雇 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.