Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
yòng - commission (for middleman)
- brokerage fee
yōng - to hire
- to employ
- servant
- hired laborer
- domestic help

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 25,691 21,127 24,182

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

An employed 用 person 亻; 用 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
雇佣 5 7 3,640 13,198 21,801
女佣 - - 7,326 42,173 25,794
佣人 - - 10,254 40,861 39,530
佣金 - - 11,287 16,598 30,105
- - 25,691 21,127 24,182
佣工 - - 51,596 101,513 83,491