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遣散

遣散

Chinese

		dispatch	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
simp. and trad. (遣散)		遣	散

Verb

遣散

to disband; to demobilise
to lay off; to make (a job) redundant; to dismiss
to clear; to evacuate

Derived terms

遣散費／遣散费 (qiǎnsànfèi)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qiǎnsàn, qiǎnsǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄢˋ, ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin² saan³
Min Nan (POJ): khián-sàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiǎnsàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheansann
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sa̠n⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiǎnsǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheansaan
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin² saan³
  - Yale: hín saan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin² saan³
  - IPA ^(key): /hiːn³⁵ sɑːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khián-sàn
  - Tâi-lô: khián-sàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiefnsaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ san²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ san⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ san²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ san¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ san²¹/