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

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
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² kaŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-kang
  - Tâi-lô: hā-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haxkafng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-kang
  - Tâi-lô: hēe-kang
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

下崗 (chiefly Mainland China)

to go off sentry duty
你們可以下崗，我们上崗 [MSC, trad.]
你们可以下岗，我们上岗 [MSC, simp.]
From: Col. Tan Shan'ai, Garrison handover ceremony in Hong Kong, 1997
nǐmen kěyǐ xiàgǎng, wǒmen shànggǎng [Pinyin]
You [British forces] are relieved, as we are on duty
to go off duty
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)