sau6 gu3受僱受雇
Jyutpingsau6 gu3
Yalesauh gu
Definition
To be employed; to be hired.
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How it's used
This term is formal and primarily appears in legal documents, employment contracts, or professional settings. In everyday spoken Cantonese, people almost always use 俾人請 instead. Using 受僱 in casual conversation can sound overly stiff or like you are reading from a contract.
Examples
He has been employed for three months and his performance is quite good.
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Common mistake
Learners often mistake this for a general verb for working, but it specifically describes the state of being hired by an employer. It is not used to describe the act of doing work itself, which would be 做嘢.
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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.
