开除 kāichú▶ ขับไล่, ไล่ออก

Stroke order

开除 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 开 — 4 strokes
• 除 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. to expel (a member of an organization)
2. to fire (an employee)

Related words

• 除ยกเว้น
• 废除ยกเลิก
• 开展พัฒนา
• 开拓เปิดออก; ใช้ประโยชน์
• 开支รายจ่าย
• 开明รู้แจ้ง

开除 is pronounced kāichú and means “ขับไล่, ไล่ออก”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 开除 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.