HSK 3.0 Vocabulary
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HSK 7–9 · verb · Practice

裁员

cáiyuán

to lay off employees; to cut staff

公司生意不好,只好裁员。

Gōngsī shēngyi bù hǎo, zhǐhǎo cáiyuán。

The company's business is bad, so it has to lay off staff.

← 裁决cáijué 采cǎi →
员 yuán suffix for personnel, as in 运动员 'athlete' 运动员 yùndòngyuán athlete; player; sportsman 队员 duìyuán team member; player 会员 huìyuán member 人员 rényuán personnel; staff; crew 售票员 shòupiàoyuán ticket seller (on a bus, at a station) 演员 yǎnyuán actor; actress; performer 裁判 cáipàn referee; judge; to judge (a match) 成员 chéngyuán member 乘务员 chéngwùyuán crew member (on trains, buses, planes) 飞行员 fēixíngyuán pilot; aviator 公务员 gōngwùyuán civil servant; public servant
HSK 3.0 Vocabulary

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