HSK 6 · Work

解雇 jiěgù “to dismiss” in Chinese

Traditional 解僱

What 解雇 means

  1. to dismiss
  2. to fire
  3. to sack
  4. to terminate employment

How to say 解雇

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale解jiě3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale雇gù4th tone, falling

解雇 in a sentence

  1. 我昨天被解雇了。

    Wǒ zuótiān bèi jiěgù le.

    I was sacked yesterday.

    Sentence #777587 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你害怕被解雇吗？

    Nǐ hàipà bèi jiěgù ma?

    Are you afraid of being sacked?

    Sentence #8580979 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你们不能解雇我们。

    Nǐmen bùnéng jiěgù wǒmen.

    You can’t fire us.

    Sentence #10260816 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 解雇 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 解 (jiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
解jiěto divide
  • 角horn · jiǎo
  • 刀knife · dāo
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidA knife 刀 taking the horn 角 off an ox 牛: to take apart, to explain.

The character 雇 (gù) with each of its parts in a different colour
雇gùto employ
  • 户door · hùSound part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīMeaning part

隹 hints at the meaning (short-tailed bird); 户 (hù) hints at the sound. Compare it with gù.

How to write 解雇

解 13 strokes · 雇 12 strokes

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

Words related to 解雇

Words with 解

解决jiějué · settle a dispute了解liǎojiě · comprehend解释jiěshì · explanation理解lǐjiě · to comprehend缓解huǎnjiě · to bring relief解剖jiěpōu · to dissect辩解biànjiě · to justify误解wùjiě · to misunderstand解除jiěchú · to remove解散jiěsàn · to dissolve

Words with 雇

雇佣gùyōng · to employ

More words: Work & Career

汇报huìbào · to report监督jiāndū · to supervise奖励jiǎnglì · to reward奖赏jiǎngshǎng · to reward敬业jìngyè · dedication to one’s work精益求精jīngyìqiújīng · to strive for perfection晋升jìnshēng · to be promoted就业jiùyè · employment

FAQs

解雇 (jiěgù) means “to dismiss” or “to fire”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiěgù: jiě with a 3rd tone, then gù with a 4th 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, 解雇 is written 解僱. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiegu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 解雇 from the suggestions. Typing jiegu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
解雇 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.