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解雇

jiě gù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 解僱

解雇 (jiě gù) means "to fire; to sack; to dismiss". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 解雇 means

1. to fire
2. to sack
3. to dismiss
4. to terminate employment

The characters in 解雇

• 解jiěto divide; to break up; to split
• 雇gùto employ; to hire; to rent

Example sentences

• 汤姆被解雇了。
  Tom was fired.
• 我昨天被解雇了。
  I was sacked yesterday.
• 汤姆被解雇了吗？
  Has Tom been fired?
• 你害怕被解雇吗？
  Are you afraid of being fired?
• 我父亲被解雇了。
  My father has been sacked.
• 他很可能会被解雇。
  He may well be fired.

Where 解雇 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiè (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiě gù correctly.
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