"Hired" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 受聘 | shòu pìn | hired (for employment) / invited (e.g. to lecture) / engaged (for a task) / (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family |   |
| 受雇 | shòu gù | to be employed / to be hired / hired / paid | |
| 帮 |  bāng | to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society | |
| 佣兵 | yōng bīng | mercenary / hired gun | |
| 打手 | dǎ shou | hired thug | |
| 家丁 | jiā dīng | (old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc | |
| 包车 | bāo chē | hired car / chartered car | |
| 雇佣兵 | gù yōng bīng | mercenary / hired gun | |
| 月嫂 | yuè sǎo | woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth | |
| 鹰犬 | yīng quǎn | hawks and hounds / (fig.) running dogs / hired thugs | |
| 狗腿子 | gǒu tuǐ zi | dog's leg / fig. one who follows a villain / henchman / hired thug | |
| 佣工 | yōng gōng | hired laborer / servant | |
| 佣 | yōng | to hire / to employ / servant / hired laborer / domestic help | |
| 倌 | guān | keeper of domestic animals / herdsman / (old) hired hand in certain trade | |
| 五毛 | wǔ máo | fifty cents (0.5 RMB) / (fig.) paltry sum of money / (abbr. for 五毛黨|五毛党[wu3 mao2 dang3]) hired Internet commenter | |
| 打长工 | dǎ cháng gōng | to work as long-term hired hand | |
| 酒托女 | jiǔ tuō nu:3 | woman hired to lure men to high-priced bars | |
| 酒托 | jiǔ tuō | person hired to lure customers to high-priced bars | |
| 饭托 | fàn tuō | person hired to lure customers to a restaurant | |
| 医闹 | yī nào | (neologism c. 2013) organized disruption of healthcare facilities or verbal and physical abuse of medical staff, by an aggrieved patient or proxies such as family members or hired thugs, typically aimed at obtaining compensation | |
