遣散

qiǎnsàn

verb #33,458

Meanings

1 to disband
2 to dismiss (workers, troops)
3 to demobilize
4 to lay off

Characters

to send away, dispatch

to disperse, scatter

Examples

公司倒闭后，所有员工都被遣散了。

Gōngsī dǎobì hòu, suǒyǒu yuángōng dōu bèi qiǎnsàn le.

After the company went bankrupt, all employees were laid off.

战争结束后，军队被遣散。

Zhànzhēng jiéshù hòu, jūnduì bèi qiǎnsàn.

After the war ended, the army was demobilized.

他们拿到了一笔遣散费。

Tāmen nádào le yī bǐ qiǎnsànfèi.

They received a severance payment.

Tips

usage

Used for breaking up an organized group - a workforce, an army, a household staff - by sending them home, often with compensation. The collocation 遣散费 (qiǎnsànfèi) = severance pay. More formal/written than 解雇 (jiěgù, "fire") and applies to whole groups rather than individuals.

Stroke Order

遣 qiǎn

散 sàn