pìn
verb HSK 7-9 #13,233

Meanings

  1. 1 to employ; to hire
  2. 2 to engage; to betroth

Examples

Gōngsī pìn le yī wèi xīn jīnglǐ.
The company hired a new manager.
Wǒmen zhèngzài zhāopìn gōngchéngshī.
We are recruiting engineers.

Tips

usage
招聘 (to recruit), 聘请 (to hire), 聘用 (to employ) are common compounds.

Components

radical
ěr
ear
Ear radical on the left marks as a hearing-related verb — originally to listen out for talent, then to formally invite or hire after due audience. Same radical drives (listen), (acute hearing), (office). The pictograph silhouette is a side view of an ear lobe.
phonetic
pīng
to come together (rare)
supplies the sound — pīng → pìn — through a tone shift. This rare phonetic also produces (chěng, gallop) and (pīng, graceful). Recognizing the seven-stroke unit (which doesn't appear standalone in modern usage) unlocks all three rare characters at once.

Stroke Order

pìn