辭退

See also: 辞退

Chinese

		bid farewell; diction; resign bid farewell; diction; resign; say goodbye; take leave; decline	retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw
trad. (辭退)		辭	退
simp. (辞退)		辞	退

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cítuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ teoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sî-thèr / sî-thè / sî-thòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cítuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíhtuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²-tʻui⁴
    • Yale: tsź-twèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrtuey
    • Palladius: цытуй (cytuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ teoi³
    • Yale: chìh teui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ toey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ têu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ tʰɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-thèr
    • Tâi-lô: sî-thèr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si²⁴⁻²² tʰə⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-thè
    • Tâi-lô: sî-thè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'tex
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³⁻²² tʰe²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²³⁻³³ tʰe²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰe¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si²⁴⁻²² tʰe²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî-thòe
    • Tâi-lô: sî-thuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si'toex
    • IPA (Taipei): /si²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰue¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²³⁻³³ tʰue²¹/

Verb

辭退

1. to dismiss; to fire; to discharge

   • 先是因為一些小事而被公司解僱，接着好不容易在便利店找到份part-time，結果竟然因為被投訴成日找錯錢，老闆一氣之下把他辭退，最後連同居了五年的女朋友亦因為一腳踏兩船而分手！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     先是因为一些小事而被公司解雇，接着好不容易在便利店找到份part-time，结果竟然因为被投诉成日找错钱，老板一气之下把他辞退，最后连同居了五年的女朋友亦因为一脚踏两船而分手！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 超媒體編輯組, 香港盂蘭夜話, page 75

     sin¹ si⁶ jan¹ wai⁶ jat¹ se¹ siu² si⁶ ji⁴ bei⁶ gung¹ si¹ gaai² gu³, zip³ zoek⁶ hou² bat¹ jung⁴ ji⁶ zoi⁶ bin⁶ lei⁶ dim³ zaau² dou³ fan⁶ paat¹ taai¹, git³ gwo² ging² jin⁴ jan¹ wai⁶ bei⁶ tau⁴ sou³ seng⁴ jat⁶ zaau² co³ cin^4-2, lou⁵ baan² jat¹ hei³ zi¹ haa⁶ baa² taa¹ ci⁴ teoi³, zeoi³ hau⁶ lin⁴ tung⁴ geoi¹ liu⁵ ng⁵ nin⁴ dik¹ neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵ jik⁶ jan¹ wai⁶ jat¹ goek³ daap⁶ loeng⁵ syun⁴ ji⁴ fan¹ sau²! [Jyutping]

     First, he was fired by his company for something trivial. Then, after finding a part-time job with much difficulty, because someone complained that he kept giving back the wrong change, his boss fired him in a fury. In the end, he even broke up with his girlfriend who was living together with him for five years because of two-timing!

2. to decline; to refuse to accept

Synonyms

• (to dismiss):

• 停生意 (⁶din-san-i) (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)
• 遣散
• 開除／开除 (kāichú)
• 革除 (géchú)
• 食無情雞／食无情鸡 (sik⁶ mou⁴ cing⁴ gai¹) (Cantonese)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 解僱 (“to terminate someone's employment; to fire; to sack”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		解僱, 辭退, 解聘, 開除, 革除, 解職
Mandarin	Taiwan	解僱, 炒魷魚
	Wanrong	開銷
	Chengdu	開銷, 開除
	Liuzhou	炒魷魚
	Singapore	開除, 炒魷魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	炒魷魚
	Hong Kong	炒魷魚, 炒魷, 炒, 豉椒炒魷, 開除, 辭, 雞
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	除職
	Macau	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	辭退
	Foshan	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Shunde)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	唔使
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	炒魷魚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	炒魷魚
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	唔請
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	唔請
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	炒魷魚, 唔請
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	唔請
	Taishan	唔請, 炒魷魚, 炒
	Kaiping (Chikan)	唔請, 炒魷魚
	Enping (Niujiang)	唔請
	Heshan (Yayao)	辭工
	Dongguan	炒魷魚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	炒魷魚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	炒魷魚
Gan	Pingxiang	開銷
Hakka	Meixian	辭退, 解僱, 炒魷魚
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	唔愛去做, 炒魷魚, 打豎鋪
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	炒魷魚
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	炒魷魚
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	炒魷魚
	Conghua (Lütian)	解僱
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	解僱
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	解僱
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	解僱
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	解僱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	解僱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	辭
Southern Min	Xiamen	辭頭路, 辭, 齧拗, 齧捒
	Zhao'an	辭退
	Tainan	辭頭路
	Singapore (Hokkien)	卜頭路
	Shantou	解僱, 炒鰇魚
	Jieyang	清, 炒鰇魚
	Haifeng	炒鰇魚
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	除工
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	炒魷魚
Wu	Shanghai	炒魷魚
	Hangzhou	回報
Xiang	Changsha	開銷