雇请 (gù qǐng) — to employ, to hire | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to employto hire

Examples

雇请。
Gōng sī zuì jìn gù qǐng le yí wèi xīn jīng lǐ.
The company recently hired a new manager.
雇请。
Tā men gù qǐng le zhuān yè tuán duì lái shè jì wǎng zhàn.
They hired a professional team to design the website.
，雇请。
Yīn wèi rén shǒu bú gòu, gōng sī lín shí gù qǐng le jǐ míng jiān zhí gōng.
Because there weren't enough workers, the company temporarily hired a few part-time workers.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

雇 gives hiring, and 请 adds inviting someone to work.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

隹隹zhuī

Sound part声符shēngfú

戶

戶hù雇gù

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

雇 is made of 戶 and 隹: 戶 points to the sound, and 隹 points to the meaning.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 請; 请 is its simplified writing.

言青請

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

青

青qīng請qǐng

Same sound today

In the traditional form 請, 言 shows it relates to speaking, and 青 gives the sound; the simplified 请 is a later shorter form.

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