HSK · Level 111
45 words
Chinese word
罢免
Pronunciation
Pinyinbà miǎn
Meaning
- verbdismiss
Example
董事会投票决定罢免那位经理。dǒng shì huì tóu piào jué dìng bà miǎn nà wèi jīng lǐ
The board voted to dismiss that manager.
More examples
监察机构调查后建议罢免相关负责人。jiān chá jī gòu diào chá hòu jiàn yì bà miǎn xiāng guān fù zé rén
The oversight body recommended dismissing the relevant official after investigating.
Core concept
A formal decision cuts a person off from an office and its authority.
Common phrases
提出罢免动议tí chū bà miǎn dòng yì
submit a motion to dismiss
罢免投票bà miǎn tóu piào
vote to dismiss
罢免决定bà miǎn jué dìng
decision to dismiss
Similar words
免职miǎn zhí: Official dismissal of a public servant or officeholder from a post.
撤职chè zhí: Removal of an appointed person by revoking their position.
解雇jiě gù: Termination of a worker's employment contract and removal from the job.
开除kāi chú: Expulsion of a member, student, or employee from a group, school, or workplace.
Definition in Chinese
通过正式程序解除某人职务，使其不再具有原有职权的动词。tōng guò zhèng shì chéng xù jiě chú mǒu rén zhí wù shǐ qí bú zài jù yǒu yuán yǒu zhí quán de dòng cí
Word origin
罢 (bà, "stop") + 免 (miǎn, "remove or exempt") combine to express ending a person's official role and taking away its powers.
Usage tips
- In everyday Chinese, this word suits an official or officeholder removed through a formal vote or procedure, not a casual decision to let an ordinary employee go.
Other meanings
- recallverb
Opposites
- 任命rèn mìngappointverb
- 留任liú rènleave in officeverb
Related words
- 罢免权bà miǎn quánauthority to dismissnoun
- 罢免程序bà miǎn chéng xùdismissal processnoun