裁coi4員jyun4

English

1. to cut staff
2. to reduce staff; to cut down on the number of members in an organization
3. to lay off employees

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 僱主減省機構裏面嘅人手

Examples

• 員工為公司裁員而抗議。

  The employees are protesting against the job cuts.

  Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

• 經濟不景，好多公司都要裁員。

  As the economic outlook deteriorates, many companies need to reduce headcount.

• 豐田公司宣佈將會在今年裁員一千人。

  Toyota Corporation announced that it would cut 1,000 positions this year.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY