粵

離lei4職zik1

simp离职
lei4 zik1lí zhí

English

  1. to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study)
  2. to leave one's job; to resign
  3. to leave one's post; can be used to refer to resignation, end of contract, or being made redundant

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 離開自己做嘢嘅公司;可以係主動辭職、合約到期、俾人炒

Examples

  • 我上个月从公司离职了。

    I left the company last month.

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  • 我決定離職移民外國。

    I've decided to resign and immigrate to a foreign country/abroad.

  • 負責嘅同事已經離咗職。

    The colleague who was responsible for this has left the company.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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