裁 cái
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
裁员
cáiyuán
to lay off staff; to cut personnel
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Example phrases
- 市场需求骤降后，公司宣布裁员，以维持现金流。 Shìchǎng xūqiú zhòu jiàng hòu, gōngsī xuānbù cáiyuán, yǐ wéichí xiànjīnliú. After market demand plunged, the company announced layoffs in order to maintain cash flow.
- 听说公司下个月要裁员，大家都有点担心。 Tīngshuō gōngsī xià ge yuè yào cáiyuán, dàjiā dōu yǒudiǎn dānxīn. I heard the company will lay off staff next month, and everyone is a little worried.
- 他被裁员以后，开始在家学做蛋糕。 Tā bèi cáiyuán yǐhòu, kāishǐ zài jiā xué zuò dàngāo. After he was laid off, he started learning to bake cakes at home.
Related words
- 裁判 cáipàn referee
- 总裁 zǒngcái chief executive officer
- 裁 cái to cut; to reduce; to dismiss staff
- 裁定 cáidìng to rule; to adjudicate; ruling
- 裁缝 cáifeng tailor
- 裁决 cáijué to adjudicate; to rule; ruling
- 体裁 tǐcái genre; literary form
- 制裁 zhìcái to sanction; sanctions
- 仲裁 zhòngcái to arbitrate; arbitration
- 成员 chéngyuán member
- 队员 duìyuán team member
- 公务员 gōngwùyuán civil servant