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裁员 (cái yuán): Reduce the number of staff (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

裁 • cái • to cut, to reduce, to decide
cái裁

to cut, to reduce, to decide

员 • yuán • member, personnel, employee
yuán员

member, personnel, employee

Word Info

Pinyincái yuán
Meaningreduce the number of staff
Characters2
SyntaxVerb

HSK 6 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 裁员.

  • 不愧bú kuìbe worthy of; deserve to be called; prove oneself to be
  • 不禁bù jīncannot refrain from; involuntarily; spontaneously
  • 贬义biǎn yìderogatory sense; negative connotation
  • 霸道bà dàostrong; potent
  • 不时bù shífrequently; from time to time; now and then
  • 报复bào fùtake vengeance on; retaliate
  • 扮演bàn yǎnplay the part of; have a role; act
  • 保密bǎo mìkeep something secret
  • 不像话bú xiàng huàunreasonable; absurd
  • 不择手段bù zé shǒu duànby fair means or foul; by hook or by crook
  • 标本biāo běnspecimen; sample; representative
  • 捕捉bǔ zhuōcatch; seize
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 裁员.

Words with 裁
  • 总裁zǒng cáipresident; director general
  • 体裁tǐ cáiform of writing
  • 制裁zhì cáisanction; punish
  • 独裁
dú cái
dictatorship; autocratic rule
  • 裁判cái pànjudge; referee
  • 裁缝cái fengtailor; dressmaker
  • 仲裁zhòng cáiArbitration
  • 裁决cái juéJudgment
    • Words with 员
    • 服务员fú wù yuánwaiter/waitress; attendant
    • 运动员yùn dòng yuánathlete
    • 会员huì yuánmember
    • 演员yǎn yuánactor/actress
    • 队员duì yuánteam member
    • 售票员shòu piào yuánticket seller; ticket clerk
    • 售货员shòu huò yuánsales assistant
    • 人员rén yuánpersonnel; staff
    4.

    How to Use 裁员 in Sentences

    Passive + Verbwith被
    bèi被
    cái裁
    yuán员
    neutral
    be laid off
    Subject + Verbwith公司
    gōng公
    sī司
    cái裁
    yuán员
    Noun + Nounwith计划
    cái裁
    yuán员
    jì计
    huà划
    Verb + Objectwith宣布
    xuān宣
    bù布
    cái裁
    yuán员
    Adjective + Nounwith大规模
    dà大
    guī规
    mó模
    cái裁
    yuán员
    5.

    Example Sentences with 裁员

    gōng公
    sī司
    cái裁
    yuán员
    le了
    。
    neutral
    company layoffs
    formal
    layoff plan
    formal
    announce layoffs
    formal
    large-scale layoffs
    The company laid off employees.
    yóu由
    yú于
    jīng经
    jì济
    bù不
    jǐng景
    qì气
    ，
    gōng公
    sī司
    jué决
    dìng定
    dà大
    guī规
    mó模
    cái裁
    yuán员
    。
    Due to the economic downturn, the company decided to carry out large-scale staff reductions.
    nǐ你
    tīng听
    shuō说
    gé隔
    bì壁
    bù部
    mén门
    yào要
    cái裁
    yuán员
    de的
    xiāo消
    xi息
    le了
    ma吗
    ？
    Have you heard the news that the neighboring department is going to lay off staff?
    jǐn尽
    guǎn管
    miàn面
    lín临
    yā压
    lì力
    ，
    guǎn管
    lǐ理
    céng层
    chéng承
    nuò诺
    jué绝
    bù不
    qīng轻
    yì易
    cái裁
    yuán员
    。
    Despite facing pressure, management promised not to lay off staff easily.
    wèi为
    le了
    jiàng降
    dī低
    chéng成
    běn本
    ，
    gōng公
    sī司
    jué决
    dìng定
    cái裁
    yuán员
    yī一
    bù部
    fèn分
    yuán员
    gōng工
    。
    To reduce costs, the company decided to lay off some employees.