遣散

Chinese

		dispatch	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (遣散)		遣	散
simp. #(遣散)		遣	散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎnsàn, qiǎnsǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄢˋ, ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin² saan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khián-sàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎnsàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎnsàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien³-san⁴
    • Yale: chyǎn-sàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheansann
    • Palladius: цяньсань (cjanʹsanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎnsǎn [Phonetic: qiánsǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎnsǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien³-san³
    • Yale: chyǎn-sǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheansaan
    • Palladius: цяньсань (cjanʹsanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin² saan³
    • Yale: hín saan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin² saan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin² san³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³⁵ saːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khián-sàn
    • Tâi-lô: khián-sàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiefnsaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ san²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ san⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ san²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ san¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ san²¹/

Verb

遣散

1. to disband; to demobilise
2. to lay off; to make (a job) redundant; to dismiss
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) to clear; to evacuate

Synonyms

• (to disband): 解散 (jiěsàn)
• (to lay off):

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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)
• 開除 / 开除 (kāichú)
• 革除 (géchú)
• 食無情雞 / 食无情鸡 (sik⁶ mou⁴ cing⁴ gai¹) (Cantonese)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to disband”): 召集 (zhàojí)

Derived terms

• 遣散費 / 遣散费