聘pìn ❶ （聘请） engage: 被 ～ 为技术顾问 be employed [invited] to be technical adviser; ～ 某人为教授 engage sb. as a professor; 他是从国外 ～ 来的。 He was engaged from abroad.
❷ （定亲） betroth: 定 ～ formally betroth
❸ [口] （女子出嫁） (of a girl) get married or be married off: 马家快 ～ 姑娘了。 The Mas will soon marry their daughter off.
❹[书] （聘问） visit a state as an envoy
◆聘金 fee; 聘礼 betrothal presents [gifts]; bride- price；
聘请 engage; invite; employ; call in; 聘任 engage; appoint to a position; recruitment through invitation; 聘任制 appointing system; engaging system; appointive employment; 聘书 letter of appointment; contract; 聘问 visit a friendly nation on behalf of one's own country; 聘选 engage and select; 聘用 engage; employ; be hired on contract聘用制 system of employment under contract |