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裁员 cáiyuán

裁员 cáiyuán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 裁员 cáiyuán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cáiyuán | cai2 yuan2
English translation
to cut staff
to lay off employees

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Traditional form

裁員

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 裁员 cáiyuán

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cái

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿹⿱十戈衣

Number of Strokes

12
yuán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of yuán . Depicts the round opening ( kǒu ) of a cooking pot ( dǐng ). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as yuán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Semantic compound

Bèi

Positional decomposition

口贝

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 裁员 cáiyuán

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gāi 公司 gōngsī 不得不 bùdébù wéi 裁员 cáiyuán 支付 zhī fù 4.72亿英镑 de 补偿款

The company has had to make redundancy payments of £472 million.

迹象 jìxiàng 显示 xiǎnshì 裁员 cáiyuán 势头 shì tóu huì 减缓 jiǎn huǎn

There were no signs of any let-up in job-shedding.

duì 工人 gōngrén de 裁员 cáiyuán 原则 yuánzé shì 后进先出 hòu jìn xiān chū

Workers will go on a "last in, first out" basis.

将会 jiāng huì 裁员 cáiyuán 160 rén de 消息 xiāoxi zài gāi 团体 tuántǐ Zhōng 掀起 xiānqǐ le 一阵 yī zhèn 骚动 sāo dòng

News of 160 redundancies had sent tremors through the community.

裁员 cáiyuán Decomposition

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裁员 cáiyuán Compounds

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