gu3 jung4僱傭雇佣
Jyutpinggu3 jung4
Yalegu yùhng
Definition
Employer and employee.
neutralwork
How it's used
This term is primarily found in legal, administrative, or formal business contexts rather than casual conversation. When discussing the actual people involved in a workplace, speakers almost always use 僱主 for employer and 員工 for employee. It is a compound that functions as a modifier for nouns like 合約 or 關係.
Examples
They have signed the employment contract.
How does this company handle employment disputes?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often try to use this as a verb to mean 'to hire', but it is a noun. Use 請 or 聘請 if you want to talk about the act of hiring someone.
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Grammar guides
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