裁员 meaning in English

cáiyuán

to cut staff; to lay off employees

Traditional 裁員19 strokes

Meaning of 裁员

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

裁员 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

丰fēng田tián公gōng司sī宣xuān布bù将jiāng会huì在zài今jīn年nián裁cái员yuán一yī千qiān人rén。
Toyota Corporation announced that it would cut 1,000 positions this year.

Stroke order for each character

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裁 cái · to cut out · 12 strokes

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员 yuán · person engaged in a certain field of ac… · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 裁员.

人员rényuánstaff; crew
演员yǎnyuánactor; actress; performer
成员chéngyuánmember
员工yuángōngstaff; personnel; employee
队员duìyuánteam member
服务员fúwùyuánwaiter; waitress
会员huìyuánmember
公务员gōngwùyuáncivil servant; public servant
运动员yùndòngyuánathlete
售货员shòuhuòyuánsales clerk; sales associate; retail salesperson
裁判cáipàn(law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement; (sports) to referee
总裁zǒngcáichairman; director-general (of a company etc)

Questions about 裁员

What does 裁员 mean?

裁员 (cáiyuán) means "to cut staff; to lay off employees".

How do you write 裁员?

裁员 is made of 2 characters: 裁 (12 strokes), 员 (7 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

How is 裁员 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 裁员 is written 裁員.