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辞

cí

HSK 5 Character Traditional 辭

What 辞 means

1. to resign
2. to dismiss
3. to decline
4. literaryto take leave
5. (archaic poetic genre) ballad
6. variant of {词|cí}

Other readings

辞 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• cíold variant of {辞|cí}

Example sentences

• 告辞！
  Gàocí!
  Goodbye!
• 他辞职了。
  He quit.
• 他不辞而别。
  Tā bùcí'érbié.
  He left without saying goodbye.
• 我无意辞职。
  I have no intention of resigning.
• 你为什么辞职？
  Why did you quit?
• 她决定辞职了。
  She decided to resign.

Words starting with 辞

• 辞职cí zhíto resign
• 辞去cí qùto resign; to quit
• 辞退cí tuìto dismiss; to discharge; to fire
• 辞书cí shūdictionary; encyclopedia
• 辞掉cí diàoto quit (one's job); to dismiss (an employee)
• 辞世cí shì(literary) to pass away; to die; to depart from this world
• 辞别cí biéto bid farewell (to); to say goodbye (to)
• 辞海Cí hǎiCihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936
• 辞呈cí chéng(written) resignation
• 辞令cí lìngpolite speech; diplomatic language; rhetoric
• 辞任cí rènto resign (a position)
• 辞官cí guānto resign a government post
• 辞工cí gōngto resign from a job
• 辞格cí géfigure of speech
• 辞章cí zhāngpoetry and prose; rhetoric
• 辞行cí xíngto say goodbye; leave-taking; farewells
• 辞谢cí xièto decline gratefully
• 辞书学cí shū xuélexicography
• 辞藻cí zǎorhetoric
• 辞典cí diǎnvariant of 词典
• 辞灶cí Zàosee 送灶

Words containing 辞

• 推辞tuī cíto decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
• 告辞gào cíto say goodbye; to take one's leave
• 致辞zhì cíto express in words or writing; to make a speech…
• 修辞xiū círhetoric
• 言辞yán cíwords; expression; what one says
• 措辞cuò cíwording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase
• 义不容辞yì bù róng cínot to be shirked without dishonor (idiom); incumbent; bounden (duty)
• 不辞而别bù cí ér biéto leave without saying good-bye
• 楚辞Chǔ cíSongs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚
• 不辞辛苦bù cí xīn kǔto make nothing of hardships
• 修辞学xiū cí xuérhetoric
• 与世长辞yǔ shì cháng cíto die; to depart from the world forever
• 偏辞piān cíone-sided words; prejudice; flattery
• 严辞yán cístern words
• 敬辞jìng cíterm of respect; polite expression
• 文辞wén cílanguage; use of words; phraseology; articles; essays; writing
• 说辞shuō cíexcuse; pretext; entreaties
• 请辞qǐng cíto tender one's resignation
• 讲辞jiǎng cílectures
• 赞辞zàn cípraise
• 辩辞biàn cían excuse
• 丽辞lì cíbeautiful wordage; also written 丽词
• 修辞格xiū cí géfigure of speech
• 善言辞shàn yán cíarticulate; eloquent

Characters built on 辛

These share the phonetic component 辛 (xīn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 辟pìpenal law; variant of 辟
• 梓zǐChinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and…
• 厗tíold stone or mineral, possibly related to antimony Sb 锑

Characters that look like 辞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 锌xīnzinc (chemistry)
• 殚dānentirely; to exhaust
• 鲟xúnsturgeon; Acipenser sturio
• 焯chāoto blanch; to parboil
• 肆sìfour (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton

Sounds the same

Read cí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 词word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…
• 磁magnetic; magnetism; porcelain
• 慈compassionate; gentle; merciful
• 瓷chinaware; porcelain; china
• 雌female; Taiwan pr. cī
• 茨Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
• 祠shrine; to offer a sacrifice
• 兹used in 龟兹
• 鹚used in 鸬鹚
• 糍used in 糍粑
• 茈used in 凫茈
• 𪉈(a kind of waterbird)