# 開除
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kāichú
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄔㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi$^1$ ceoi$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-chhù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khai-tû / khai-tîr / khai-tî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kai$^1$ de$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kāichú
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄔㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kaichú
*** Wade–Giles: kʻai$^1$-chʻu$^2$
*** Yale: kāi-chú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaichwu
*** Palladius: кайчу (kajču)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hoi$^1$ ceoi$^4$
*** Yale: hōi chèuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoi$^1$ tsoey$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hoi$^1$ cêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-chhù
*** Hakka Romanization System: koi$^ˊ$ cu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: koi$^1$ cu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴ t͡sʰu¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-tû
*** Tâi-lô: khai-tû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qai'duu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ tu²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² tu²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ tu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-tîr
*** Tâi-lô: khai-tîr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ tɯ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-tî
*** Tâi-lô: khai-tî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qai'dii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² ti¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ ti²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kai$^1$ de$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khai tṳ̂
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰai³³⁻²³ tɯ⁵⁵/

### Verb

開除
* to fire; to sack; to discharge; to dismiss
* to expel (from a school)

#### Synonyms

* (to fire):
* 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)
* 解僱／解雇 (jiěgù)
* 解聘 (jiěpìn)
* 解職／解职 (jiězhí)
* 走路 (zǒulù, “to be fired”) (figurative)
* 辭退／辞退 (cítuì)
* 遣散
* 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 |