Chinese symbol for “employ”
用
yòng
to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility
The closest CC-CEDICT match for employ is 用 (yòng), defined as: to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “employ”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雇佣 (僱傭) | gù yōng | to employ; to hire |
| 雇佣 (雇傭) | gù yōng | to employ; to hire |
| 雇用 (僱用) | gù yòng | to employ; to hire |
| 雇 | gù | to employ; to hire |
| 聘用 | pìn yòng | to employ; to hire |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 用.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 用户 (用戶) | yòng hù | user; consumer |
| 采用 (採用) | cǎi yòng | to adopt; to employ |
| 应用 (應用) | yìng yòng | to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc) |
| 作用 | zuò yòng | to act on; to affect; action; function; activity |
See also: Japanese symbol for “employ”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.