裁员

Traditional (Taiwan): 裁員

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

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cáiyuán ㄘㄞˊ ㄩㄢˊ

- to cut staff
- to lay off employees

Character by character

Classifiers (measure words)

to cut staff

裁了一次员 cì cut staff once
裁了一轮员 lún cut staff in one round

to lay off employees

裁了一次员 cì cut staff once
裁了一轮员 lún cut staff in one round

Other words read cáiyuán

In the same tone

财源 cáiyuán financial resources

caiyuan with other tones

菜园 càiyuán vegetable garden
才媛 cáiyuàn talented and accomplished woman

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