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Employ in Chinese

to employ · HSK 4

使用 shǐ yòng

  1. 使 shǐ to make
  2. 用 yòng to use

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How do you say employ in Chinese?

Employ in Chinese is 使用 (shǐ yòng). You can also say 采用 (cǎi yòng), 录用 (lù yòng), 录 (lù).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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