齧捒

Chinese

		surname; gnaw
trad. (齧捒)		齧	捒
simp. (啮捒)		啮	捒

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giat-sak

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giat-sak
    • Tâi-lô: giat-sak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giatsag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ sak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ sak̚³²/

Verb

齧捒

1. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, sports) to eliminate (a team or player); to knock out
2. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to fire; to sack; to discharge; to dismiss

Synonyms

• (to eliminate): 淘汰 (táotài); (Hokkien) 齧拗／啮拗
• (to fire):

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• 停生意 (⁶din-san₁-i₅) (Shanghainese, dated)
• 執包袱 / 执包袱 (zap¹ baau¹ fuk⁶) (Cantonese)
• 捲鋪蓋 / 卷铺盖 (“to be fired”) (figurative)
• 炒 (chǎo) (slang)
• 炒魷魚 / 炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú) (slang)
• 解僱 / 解雇 (jiěgù)
• 解聘 (jiěpìn)
• 解職 / 解职 (jiězhí)
• 走路 (zǒulù, “to be fired”) (figurative)
• 辭退 / 辞退 (cítuì)
• 遣散
• 開除 / 开除 (kāichú)
• 革除 (géchú)
• 食無情雞 / 食无情鸡 (sik⁶ mou⁴ cing⁴ gai¹) (Cantonese)

Dialectal synonyms of 解僱 (“to terminate someone's employment; to fire; to sack”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		解僱, 辭退, 解聘, 開除, 革除, 解職
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	解僱, 炒魷魚
	Singapore	開除, 炒魷魚
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	開銷
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	開銷, 開除
	Liuzhou	炒魷魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	炒魷魚
	Hong Kong	炒魷魚, 炒魷, 炒, 豉椒炒魷, 開除, 辭, 食無情雞, 雞
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	除職
	Macau	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	辭退
	Foshan	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Shunde)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	唔使
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	炒魷魚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	炒魷魚
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	唔請
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	唔請
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	炒魷魚, 唔請
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	唔請
	Taishan	唔請, 炒魷魚, 炒
	Kaiping (Chikan)	唔請, 炒魷魚
	Enping (Niujiang)	唔請
	Heshan (Yayao)	辭工
	Dongguan	炒魷魚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	炒魷魚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	炒魷魚
Gan	Pingxiang	開銷
Hakka	Meixian	辭退, 解僱, 炒魷魚
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	唔愛去做, 炒魷魚, 打豎鋪
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	炒魷魚
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	炒魷魚
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	解僱
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	解僱
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	解僱
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	解僱
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	解僱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	解僱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	辭
Southern Min	Xiamen	辭頭路, 辭, 齧拗, 齧捒
	Zhao'an	辭退
	Tainan	辭頭路
	Singapore (Hokkien)	卜頭路
	Manila (Hokkien)	擗捒, 刣捒
	Shantou	解僱, 炒鰇魚
	Jieyang	清, 炒鰇魚
	Haifeng	炒鰇魚
	Singapore (Teochew)	炒鰇魚
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	除工
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	炒魷魚
Wu	Shanghai	炒魷魚
	Hangzhou	回報
Xiang	Changsha	開銷