下崗

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	mound; policeman's beat
trad. (下崗)		下	崗
simp. (下岗)		下	岗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàgǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ gong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǎ-kang / hā-kang / hēe-kang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàgǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàgǎng
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-kang³
    • Yale: syà-gǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahgaang
    • Palladius: сяган (sjagan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ gong¹
    • Yale: hah gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-kang
    • Tâi-lô: hǎ-kang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² kaŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-kang
    • Tâi-lô: hā-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxkafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-kang
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-kang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

下崗 (chiefly Mainland China)

1. to go off sentry duty
2. to go off duty
3. to be laid off, especially from state-owned enterprises

   下崗工人／下岗工人  ―  xiàgǎng gōngrén  ―  workers laid off from state-owned enterprises due to reforms in 1980-90s

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “go off sentry duty; go off duty”): 上崗／上岗 (shànggǎng)