# 裁员 (cáiyuán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 裁员 (cáiyuán) means “to lay off employees”. It was previously included at level 6 of the HSK 2.0 exam.

- Meaning: to lay off employees
- Pinyin: cáiyuán (cai2 yuan2)
- Traditional: 裁員
- Not in HSK 3.0
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 由于经营困难，那家公司不得不裁员。
  Yóuyú jīngyíng kùnnan, nà jiā gōngsī bùdébù cáiyuán.
  Due to business difficulties, that company had to lay off employees.

## Characters

- [裁](https://hanziro.com/word/cai-cut-out/) (cái): to cut out; to trim
- [员](https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-member/) (yuán): member; person working in a field

https://hanziro.com/word/cai-yuan-lay-off-employees/

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