ping3 jung6聘用
Jyutpingping3 jung6
Yaleping yuhng
Definition
To employ or hire someone to work for a company or organization.
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How it's used
Formal contexts in business or legal documents favor this term, whereas everyday conversation almost exclusively uses 請. Using 聘用 in casual speech can sound overly stiff or bureaucratic, as if you are reading from a contract. It is the standard choice for official job advertisements or HR announcements.
Examples
The company hired a lot of university students last year.
Do you think they will hire this applicant?
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Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use 聘用 to mean hiring a service or a contractor, but it is specifically reserved for hiring an employee to join an organization. For hiring a plumber or a taxi, use 請 instead.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
