裁员

裁员 cáiyuán

Cut staff

裁员 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體裁員 caiyuan

What 裁员 means

Cut staff

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Character by character

裁员 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

裁

cái

Cut (decide)

员

yuán

Worker (employee - member)

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How to write 裁员

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裁员 in a sentence

公司为了降低成本开始裁员。

Gōngsī wèile jiàngdī chéngběn kāishǐ cáiyuán.

The company began laying off staff in order to cut costs.

这次裁员涉及三百多人。

Zhè cì cáiyuán shèjí sānbǎi duō rén.

These redundancies affect more than three hundred people.

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Questions about 裁员

What does 裁员 mean in English?

裁员 is pronounced cáiyuán and means Cut staff.

How do you pronounce 裁员?

裁员 is cáiyuán in pinyin — written caiyuan without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 裁员?

裁员 is written with 2 characters: 裁 (cái) Cut (decide), 员 (yuán) Worker (employee - member). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 裁员 written in traditional Chinese?

裁員. The simplified form 裁员 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 裁員 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced cáiyuán.

Is 裁员 an HSK word?

Yes — 裁员 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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