借调 (jiè diào) — to temporarily transfer (an employee); to second

Definition

A workplace term meaning to temporarily transfer or second an employee to another unit while they remain on their original payroll. Shares the 'borrow' character with 借 (borrow/lend) but refers to personnel, not objects.

verb

to temporarily transfer (an employee)to second

Examples

借调。
Gōng sī bǎ tā jiè diào dào qí tā bù mén.
The company temporarily transferred him to another department.
借调。
Tā jiè diào dào běi jīng gōng zuò le yì nián.
He was seconded to work in Beijing for a year.
借调，。
jiè diào Qī jiān, tā de gōng zī bǎo chí bú biàn.
During the secondment, his salary remained unchanged.

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