遣散
Chinese
| dispatch | adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (遣散) | 遣 | 散 | |
| simp. #(遣散) | 遣 | 散 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎnsàn
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎnsàn
- Wade–Giles: chʻien3-san4
- Yale: chyǎn-sàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheansann
- Palladius: цяньсань (cjanʹsanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎnsǎn [Phonetic: qiánsǎn]
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎnsǎn
- Wade–Giles: chʻien3-san3
- Yale: chyǎn-sǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheansaan
- Palladius: цяньсань (cjanʹsanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hin2 saan3
- Yale: hín saan
- Cantonese Pinyin: hin2 saan3
- Guangdong Romanization: hin2 san3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hiːn³⁵ saːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khián-sàn
- Tâi-lô: khián-sàn
- Phofsit Daibuun: qiefnsaxn
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ san²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ san⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ san²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ san¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ san²¹/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
遣散
- to disband; to demobilise
- to lay off; to make (a job) redundant; to dismiss
Synonyms
- (to disband): 解散 (jiěsàn)
- (to lay off):
- 停生意 (6din-san1-i5) (Shanghainese, dated)
- 執包袱 / 执包袱 (zap1 baau1 fuk6) (Cantonese)
- 捲鋪蓋 / 卷铺盖 (“to be fired”) (figurative)
- 炒 (chǎo) (slang)
- 炒魷魚 / 炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú) (slang)
- 解僱 / 解雇 (jiěgù)
- 解聘 (jiěpìn)
- 解職 / 解职 (jiězhí)
- 走路 (zǒulù, “to be fired”) (figurative)
- 辭退 / 辞退 (cítuì)
- 開除 / 开除 (kāichú)
- 革除 (géchú)
- 食無情雞 / 食无情鸡 (sik6 mou4 cing4 gai1) (Cantonese)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to disband”): 召集 (zhàojí)