減員

Chinese

		to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	person; employee; member
trad. (減員)		減	員
simp. (减员)		减	员

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam² jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiám-oân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-yüan²
    • Yale: jyǎn-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanyuan
    • Palladius: цзяньюань (czjanʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaam² jyun⁴
    • Yale: gáam yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam² jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam² yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm³⁵ jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-oân
    • Tâi-lô: kiám-uân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiafm'oaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan¹³/

Verb

減員

1. to experience a reduction in numbers (in the armed forces, etc.)
2. to cut staff; to downsize

Synonyms

• (to cut staff): 裁員／裁员 (cáiyuán)