hin2 saan3遣散

Jyutpinghin2 saan3

Yalehín saan

動詞Uncommon

Definition

To lay off, dismiss, or make employees redundant.

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How it's used

This term is formal and typically reserved for corporate or institutional contexts involving the termination of employment. It carries a sense of finality and often implies a larger scale of layoffs rather than firing a single individual for poor performance. In casual conversation, people are more likely to use phrases like 炒魷魚 or 裁員.

Examples

gung1公si1司jan1因wai6為saang1生ji3意m4唔hou2好，kyut3決ding6定hin2遣saan3散jat1一pai1批jyun4員gung1工。

Because business is bad, the company decided to dismiss a group of employees.

nei5你zi1知m4唔zi1知keoi5佢dei6哋gei2幾si4時wui2會hin2遣saan3散go2嗰di1啲lam4臨si4時gung1工aa1呀？

Do you know when they will dismiss those temporary workers?

Common phrases

hin2遣saan3散fai3費

severance payment

hin2遣saan3散jyun4員gung1工

to dismiss employees

Common mistake

Avoid using this word to describe telling a friend to leave or asking someone to go away, as it is strictly professional and related to labor relations. Using it in a social context sounds overly bureaucratic and unnatural.