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- to employ; to appoint
- (bound form) to betroth
- (coll.) (of a woman) to get married; to be marrried off
- (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission
- Taiwan pr. [ping4]
Trad. 聯聘
- (of multiple institutions, departments or organizations) to jointly recruit; to jointly appoint (sb)
- hired (for employment)
- invited (e.g. to lecture)
- engaged (for a task)
- (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family
Trad. 納聘
- to pay bride-price (payment to the bride's family in former times)
Trad. 聘問
- international exchange of visits
- to visit as envoy
- to visit as family representative for purpose of marriage arrangement (traditional culture)
- (Tw) (of multiple institutions, departments or organizations) to jointly recruit; to jointly appoint (sb)
- formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)