HSK 6 · Work

裁员 cáiyuán “to cut staff” in Chinese

Traditional 裁員

What 裁员 means

  1. to cut staff
  2. to lay off
  3. to lay off employees

How to say 裁员

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale裁cái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale员yuán2nd tone, rising

裁员 in a sentence

  1. 丰田公司宣布将会在今年裁员一千人。

    Fēngtián gōngsī xuānbù jiāng huì zài jīnnián cáiyuán yì qiān rén.

    Toyota announced that it would cut 1,000 jobs this year.

    Sentence #359006 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 裁员 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 裁 (cái) with each of its parts in a different colour
裁cáito cut out
  • 十ten · shí
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 衣clothes · yī
The character 员 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
员yuánperson engaged in a certain field
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

How to write 裁员

裁 12 strokes · 员 7 strokes

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裁员 (cáiyuán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 裁员 (cáiyuán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 裁员

Words with 裁

总裁zǒngcái · president (of a company)裁缝cáifeng · tailor裁判cáipàn · referee独裁dúcái · dictatorship制裁zhìcái · sanctions体裁tǐcái · genre

Words with 员

服务员fúwùyuán · waiter员yuán · (suffix) member运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete演员yǎnyuán · actor or actress售货员shòuhuòyuán · salesperson人员rényuán · staff员工yuángōng · employee委员wěiyuán · committee member成员chéngyuán · member动员dòngyuán · to mobilise

More words: Work & Career

保姆bǎomǔ · nanny报销bàoxiāo · to claim reimbursement备忘录bèiwànglù · memorandum才干cáigàn · ability操劳cāoláo · to work hard策划cèhuà · to plan承办chéngbàn · to undertake承包chéngbāo · to contract

FAQs

裁员 (cáiyuán) means “to cut staff” or “to lay off”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cáiyuán: cái with a 2nd tone, then yuán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 裁员 is written 裁員. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type caiyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 裁员 from the suggestions. Typing caiyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
裁员 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.