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pìn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
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English translation
to engage (a teacher etc)
to hire
to betroth
betrothal gift
to get married (of woman)
to employ, to engage; betrothed

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About pìn

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

pìn

Contains the radical

ěr

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

ear

Etymology of pìn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

耳甹

Semantic compound

ěr

Phonetic compound

pīng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. ěr represents the meaning and pīng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using pìn

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按照 ànzhào 聘约 yāo zài 这里 zhè lǐ Jiào 一年 Shū .

I'm under contract to teach here for one year.

我们 wǒmen 已经 yǐjīng 聘请 pìn qǐng le wèi 外籍 wài jí 老师 lǎoshī 作为 zuòwéi 语音 yǔ yīn 顾问 gùwèn .

Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.

这些 zhè xiē 账目 zhàng mù 必须 bìxū yóu jiā wài pìn 审计员 shěn jì yuán de 公司 gōngsī lái 稽查 jī chá .

The accounts have to be audited by a firm of external auditors.

公司 gōngsī 聘用 pìn yòng de nán 员工 yuángōng 员工 yuángōng 人数 rén shù 大致 dàzhì 相等 xiāngděng .

The company employs men and women in roughly equal proportions.

伦敦市芭蕾舞团从波修瓦芭蕾舞团聘来 le 两名 nán 舞蹈演员

The London City Ballet has engaged two male dancers from the Bolshoi.

Words with pìn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
招聘 zhāopìn to recruit招聘 zhāopìn
聘请 pìn qǐng to engage聘請
pìn to hire pìn
应聘 yìngpìn to accept a job offer應聘
聘用 pìn yòng to employ聘用 pìn yòng
招聘会 zhāo pìn huì job fair招聘會
聘任 pìn rèn appointed聘任 pìn rèn
解聘 jiě pìn to sack解聘 jiě pìn
受聘 shòu pìn hired (for employment)受聘 shòu pìn
应聘者 yìng pìn zhě person taking a job應聘者
聘书 pìn shū contract聘書
聘礼 pìn lǐ betrothal gift聘禮
招聘者 zhāo pìn zhě prospective employer招聘者 zhāo pìn zhě
聘金 pìn jīn betrothal money (given to the bride's family)聘金 pìn jīn
延聘 yán pìn to hire延聘 yán pìn
征聘 zhēng pìn to recruit徵聘
下聘 xià pìn to send the betrothal gifts下聘 xià pìn
聘问 pìn wèn to visit as envoy聘問
缓聘 huǎn pìn to defer employment緩聘
纳聘 nà pìn to pay bride-price (payment to the bride's family in former times)納聘

pìn Decomposition & Compounds

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pìn Decomposition

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