zing1 ping3徵聘征聘
Jyutpingzing1 ping3
Yalejīng ping
Definition
To recruit or invite applications for jobs, either publicly or privately.
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How it's used
Formal in tone, this term is primarily used in professional or corporate contexts rather than casual conversation. It carries a sense of official procedure, often appearing in written notices or formal announcements. In everyday speech, people typically opt for the simpler verb 請人.
Examples
The company is currently hiring a few clerks.
Do you know where there are any job advertisements?
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Common mistake
Learners often mistake this for a general term for finding help, but it specifically refers to the formal process of recruiting for a vacancy. Using it to describe asking a friend for a favor or hiring a casual helper sounds overly stiff and unnatural.
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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.
