HSK · Level 80
45 words
Chinese word
解雇
Pronunciation
Pinyinjiě gù
Meaning
- verbfire
Example
公司决定解雇那个员工。gōng sī jué dìng jiě gù nà ge yuán gōng
The company decided to fire that employee.
More examples
他因业绩差被公司解雇，后来找到另一份工作。tā yīn yè jì chà bèi gōng sī jiě gù hòu lái zhǎo dào lìng yí fèn gōng zuò
He was fired by the company for poor performance and later found another job.
Core concept
An employer cuts the employment tie, so a worker leaves the job and no longer belongs to that workplace.
Common phrases
被公司解雇bèi gōng sī jiě gù
be fired by the company
宣布解雇某员工xuān bù jiě gù mǒu yuán gōng
announce an employee's firing
因表现不佳被解雇yīn biǎo xiàn bù jiā bèi jiě gù
be fired for poor performance
Similar words
解聘jiě pìn: Ends a person's formal employment or appointment to a position.
开除kāi chú: Dismisses a person from an organization because of serious misconduct or a major rule violation.
免职miǎn zhí: Takes a person out of an official position so they can no longer perform its duties.
Definition in Chinese
解雇指用人单位终止与雇员的劳动或聘用关系，使其离开岗位。jiě gù zhǐ yòng rén dān wèi zhōng zhǐ yǔ gù yuán de láo dòng huò pìn yòng guān xì shǐ qí lí kāi gǎng wèi
Word origin
解雇 (jiěgù, "terminate employment") is formed from 解 (jiě, "undo") + 雇 (gù, "hire"), giving the compound the sense of undoing a hire.
Usage tips
- Workplace reports can use this verb without saying that the worker did anything wrong, so it covers both business changes and a decision about one employee.
Other meanings
- dismissalnoun
Opposites
- 录用lù yònghireverb
- 雇用gù yòngemployverb
Related words
- 解雇程序jiě gù chéng xùdismissal procedurenoun
- 解雇补偿金jiě gù bǔ cháng jīnseverance paynoun