# 解僱
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiěgù
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai$^2$ gu$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kái-kò͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiěgù
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiěgù
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^3$-ku$^4$
*** Yale: jyě-gù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieeguh
*** Palladius: цзегу (czegu)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaai$^2$ gu$^3$
*** Yale: gáai gu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaai$^2$ gu$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gai$^2$ gu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːi̯³⁵ kuː³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-kò͘
*** Tâi-lô: kái-kòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kay'kox
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹/

### Verb

解僱
* to terminate someone's employment; to discharge; to dismiss; to fire; to sack
    From: 2016, 超媒體編輯組, 香港盂蘭夜話, page 75
    sin$^1$ si$^6$ jan$^1$ wai$^6$ jat$^1$ se$^1$ siu$^2$ si$^6$ ji$^4$ bei$^6$ gung$^1$ si$^1$ gaai$^2$ gu$^3$, zip$^3$ zoek$^6$ hou$^2$ bat$^1$ jung$^4$ ji$^6$ zoi$^6$ bin$^6$ lei$^6$ dim$^3$ zaau$^2$ dou$^3$ fan$^6$ paat$^1$ taai$^1$, git$^3$ gwo$^2$ ging$^2$ jin$^4$ jan$^1$ wai$^6$ bei$^6$ tau$^4$ sou$^3$ seng$^4$ jat$^6$ zaau$^2$ co$^3$ cin$^{4-2}$, lou$^5$ baan$^2$ jat$^1$ hei$^3$ zi$^1$ haa$^6$ baa$^2$ taa$^1$ ci$^4$ teoi$^3$, zeoi$^3$ hau$^6$ lin$^4$ tung$^4$ geoi$^1$ liu$^5$ ng$^5$ nin$^4$ dik$^1$ neoi$^5$ pang$^4$ jau$^5$ jik$^6$ jan$^1$ wai$^6$ jat$^1$ goek$^3$ daap$^6$ loeng$^5$ syun$^4$ ji$^4$ fan$^1$ sau$^2$! [Jyutping]
    First, he was fired by his company for something trivial. Then, after finding a part-time job with much difficulty, because someone complained that he keeps giving back the wrong change, his boss fired him in a fury. In the end, he even broke up with his girlfriend who was living together with him for five years because of two-timing.

#### Synonyms

* 停生意 ($^6$din-san$_1$-i$_5$) (Shanghainese, dated)
* 執包袱／执包袱 (zap$^1$ baau$^1$ fuk$^6$) (Cantonese)
* 捲鋪蓋／卷铺盖 (“to be fired”) (figurative)
* 炒 (chǎo) (slang)
* 炒魷魚／炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú) (slang)
* 解聘 (jiěpìn)
* 解職／解职 (jiězhí)
* 走路 (zǒulù, “to be fired”) (figurative)
* 辭退／辞退 (cítuì)
* 遣散
* 開除／开除 (kāichú)
* 革除 (géchú)
* 食無情雞／食无情鸡 (sik$^6$ mou$^4$ cing$^4$ gai$^1$) (Cantonese)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 解僱, 辭退, 解聘, 開除, 革除, 解職 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 解僱, 炒魷魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 開除, 炒魷魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 開銷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 開銷, 開除 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 炒魷魚, 炒魷, 炒, 豉椒炒魷, 開除, 辭, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 除職 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 辭退 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 唔使 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 炒魷魚, 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 唔請, 炒魷魚, 炒 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 唔請, 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 辭工 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 炒魷魚 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 開銷 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 辭退, 解僱, 炒魷魚 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 唔愛去做, 炒魷魚, 打豎鋪 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 炒魷魚 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 炒魷魚 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 炒魷魚 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 辭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 辭頭路, 辭, 齧拗, 齧捒 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 辭退 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 辭頭路 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 卜頭路 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 擗捒, 刣捒 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 解僱, 炒鰇魚 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 清, 炒鰇魚 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 炒鰇魚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 除工 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 炒魷魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 炒魷魚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 回報 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 開銷 |