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裁员 Pronunciation and Pinyin

裁员 Usage and Examples

layoffs

staff cuts

这家工厂正大批裁员。

The factory is shedding a large number of jobs.

600多名工人遭到强制性裁员。

Over 600 workers were made compulsorily redundant.

The characters in 裁员

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
裁
cái12cut, reduce, decide, tailor
员
yuán7member, employee, or person

More words starting with 裁

  • cái裁xià下cut off, lay off
  • cái裁bīng兵troop reduction, demobilization
  • cái裁jūn军disarmament
  • cái裁jué决ruling, judgment
  • cái裁jué决zhě者adjudicator, arbiter
  • cái裁jiǎn减Cut, Reduce
  • cái裁jiǎn减le了cut, laid off
  • cái裁pàn判referee, umpire
  • cái裁pàn判men们referees, judges
  • cái裁pàn判yuán员referee, umpire
  • cái裁pàn判yuán员men们Referees, Umpires
  • cái裁pàn判de的referee's, umpire's

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Questions about 裁员

What does 裁员 mean in Chinese?

裁员 (cái yuán) means “layoffs, staff cuts”.

How do you pronounce 裁员?

裁员 is pronounced cái yuán in Mandarin Chinese.

How do you say “layoffs” in Chinese?

“layoffs” is 裁员 (cái yuán) in Chinese.

How is 裁员 used in a sentence?

This page has 2 example sentences using 裁员, each with pinyin and an English translation.

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    cái裁yuán员
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