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雇 meaning in English

gù

to employ; to hire

HSK 7-9verb12 strokes

Meaning of 雇

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gù
  1. to employ
  2. to hire
  3. to rent
gù
  1. variant of 雇[gu4]

雇 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ要yào被bèi解jiě雇gù了le，不bú是shì吗ma？
Tom is going to be fired, isn't he?
汤tāng姆mǔ在zài十shí月yuè被bèi解jiě雇gù了le。
Tom was fired in October.
汤tāng姆mǔ已yǐ经jīng雇gù了le新xīn律lǜ师shī。
Tom has already hired a new lawyer.
我wǒ不bù认rèn为wéi汤tāng姆mǔ知zhī道dào他tā会huì被bèi解jiě雇gù。
I don't think Tom knows that he's going to be fired.
你nǐ们men不bù能néng解jiě雇gù我wǒ们men。
You can't fire us.

Stroke order for each character

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雇 gù · to employ · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 雇.

解雇jiěgùto fire; to sack
雇佣gùyōngto employ; to hire
雇员gùyuánemployee
雇主gùzhǔemployer
雇用gùyòngto employ; to hire
雇佣兵gùyōngbīng(military) mercenary
受雇shòugùto be employed; to be hired

Questions about 雇

What does 雇 mean?

雇 (gù) means "to employ; to hire" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 雇?

雇 is made of 1 character: 雇 (12 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 雇 an HSK word?

Yes. 雇 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

淘汰Previous in HSK 7-9táotài