How say in Chinese "I have been laid off" or "lay off employment? It's not meaning the "was fired", it's mean to reduce the number of employment because of company have some financial problem.

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Maria

How say in Chinese "I have been laid off" or "lay off employment?

It's not meaning the "was fired", it's mean to reduce the number of employment because of company have some financial problem.

May 6, 2015 12:36 PM

company view: 裁員、解雇;

employee view: 被裁員、被解雇、失業、被炒魷魚(spoken language)

"被" means passive.

May 16, 2015

裁员might be more closer,but we don't say 我被裁员了，more likely we will say, 我离职了，meaning i am not at work, for some reason not mentioned

May 16, 2015

裁员

May 14, 2015

Maria, lay off means "裁员“(cáiyuán) in Chinese.

May 14, 2015

裁员

"was fired" in Chinese is 被解雇 or 被炒鱿鱼 : )

May 10, 2015

Maria

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Chinese (Mandarin), English, Russian

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