解 jiě
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 角 — angle, corner
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
解雇
jiěgù
to dismiss; to fire
Characters in this word
雇 gù
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 隹 — short-tailed bird
- Made of
- 户 door 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 公司不能仅因员工提出质疑就解雇他，否则会被视为打击报复。 Gōngsī bù néng jǐn yīn yuángōng tíchū zhíyí jiù jiěgù tā, fǒuzé huì bèi shì wéi dǎjī bàofù. A company cannot fire an employee merely for raising doubts, otherwise it may be seen as retaliation.
- 老板因为他总是迟到，一气之下解雇了他。 Lǎobǎn yīnwèi tā zǒngshì chídào, yí qì zhī xià jiěgù le tā. The boss, in a fit of anger, fired him because he was always late.
- 公司因为经营困难，不得不解雇一部分员工。 Gōngsī yīnwèi jīngyíng kùnnan, bùdébù jiěgù yí bùfen yuángōng. Because of business difficulties, the company had to lay off some employees.
Related words
- 解决 jiějué to solve
- 解开 jiěkāi to untie; to undo
- 理解 lǐjiě to understand
- 缓解 huǎnjiě to ease; to relieve
- 解释 jiěshì to explain; explanation
- 了解 liǎojiě to understand; to know about
- 分解 fēnjiě to break down; to decompose
- 解除 jiěchú to remove; to cancel
- 解放 jiěfàng to liberate; liberation
- 调解 tiáojiě to mediate
- 误解 wùjiě to misunderstand
- 讲解 jiǎngjiě to explain