開除

See also: 开除

Chinese

	open; operate (vehicle); start	remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except
trad. (開除)	開	除
simp. (开除)	开	除
anagram	除開／除开

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāichú

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄔㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ ceoi⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-chhù
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khai-tû / khai-tîr / khai-tî

(Teochew, Peng'im): kai¹ de⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāichú
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄔㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaichú
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chʻu²
  - Yale: kāi-chú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaichwu
  - Palladius: кайчу (kajču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ ceoi⁴
  - Yale: hōi chèuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ tsoey⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ cêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-chhù
  - Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˊ cu^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ cu²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴ t͡sʰu¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-tû
  - Tâi-lô: khai-tû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'duu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ tu²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² tu²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ tu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-tîr
  - Tâi-lô: khai-tîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ tɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-tî
  - Tâi-lô: khai-tî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'dii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² ti¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kai¹ de⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khai tṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai³³⁻²³ tɯ⁵⁵/

Verb

開除

to fire; to sack; to discharge; to dismiss
to expel (from a school)

Synonyms

(to fire):

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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)
遣散
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”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		解僱, 辭退, 解聘, 開除, 革除, 解職
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	解僱, 炒魷魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	開除, 炒魷魚
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	開銷
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	開銷, 開除
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	炒魷魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	炒魷魚
	Hong Kong	炒魷魚, 炒魷, 炒, 豉椒炒魷, 開除, 辭, 食無情雞, 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, Xiangzhou)	炒魷魚
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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
	Manila (Hokkien)	擗捒, 刣捒
	Shantou	解僱, 炒鰇魚
	Jieyang	清, 炒鰇魚
	Haifeng	炒鰇魚
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	除工
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	炒魷魚
Wu	Shanghai	炒魷魚
Wu	Hangzhou	回報
Xiang	Changsha	開銷

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