gu3 jyun4僱員雇员
Jyutpinggu3 jyun4
Yalegu yùhn
Definition
Employee; a person employed for wages or salary.
neutralworkpeople
How it's used
Formal contexts like contracts, HR policies, or news reports are where this term appears most often. In casual daily conversation, people almost always use 打工仔 instead to refer to someone who works for a boss. Using 僱員 in a friendly chat can sound overly stiff or bureaucratic.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
This company has hired many new employees.
Are you an employee here?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this word to describe your own job or status in a casual setting, as it sounds like you are reading from a legal document. Stick to 打工仔 or simply say you work for a specific company.
Grammar color guide
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Particle
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
