ping3聘
Jyutpingping3
Yaleping
Definition
To hire, employ, or recruit.
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How it's used
While 聘 is a formal character often seen in written job advertisements or official announcements, it is rarely used alone in spoken Cantonese. It almost always appears as part of a compound word like 聘請 or 招聘. When speaking casually about hiring someone, native speakers overwhelmingly prefer the simpler verb 請.
Examples
The company has hired many new people recently.
Do you know when they will be hiring?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use 聘 as a standalone verb in casual conversation, which sounds overly formal or unnatural. Stick to 請 when talking to friends or colleagues about job openings.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
