Chinese symbol for “engage”
聘请
pìn qǐng
Traditional: 聘請
to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for engage is 聘请 (pìn qǐng), defined as: to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “engage”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拼斗 (拼鬥) | pīn dòu | to engage (in a fight) |
| 啮合 (嚙合) | niè hé | (of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh; to engage |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 聘请.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 招聘 | zhāo pìn | to invite applications for a job; to recruit |
| 聘用 | pìn yòng | to employ; to hire |
| 应聘 (應聘) | yìng pìn | to accept a job offer; to apply for an advertised position |
| 聘任 | pìn rèn | to appoint (to a position); appointed |
| 招聘会 (招聘會) | zhāo pìn huì | recruitment meeting; job fair |
| 申请 (申請) | shēn qǐng | to apply for sth; application form (CL:份 (fèn)) |
| 邀请 (邀請) | yāo qǐng | to invite; invitation |
| 请求 (請求) | qǐng qiú | to request; to ask; request (个 (gè)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “engage”.
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.