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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cí | ci2
English translation
words, speech; to resign, to take leave

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Xīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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Positional decomposition

⿰⿳ zhǎo ?⿵ jiōng 厶又辛

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
辞职 cízhí to resign辭職
to resign
致辞 zhìcí same as 致詞|致词 zhì cí 致辭
告辞 gàocí to say goodbye告辭
言辞 yán cí words言辭
辞退 cí tuì to dismiss辭退
措辞 cuò cí wording措辭
说辞 shuō cí excuse說辭
辞典 cí diǎn also written 詞典|词典 cídiǎn [cí​diǎn]辭典
辞呈 cí chéng (written) resignation辭呈
修辞 xiū cí rhetoric修辭
义不容辞 yì bù róng cí incumbent義不容辭
推辞 tuīcí to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)推辭
辞掉 cí diào to quit (one's job)辭掉
辞去 cí qù to resign辭去
不辞而别 bù cí ér bié to leave without saying good-bye不辭而別
辞世 cí shì to die辭世
引咎辞职 yǐn jiù cí zhí to admit responsibility and resign引咎辭職
托辞 tuō cí pretext托辭
辞藻 cí zǎo rhetoric辭藻
辞海 Cí hǎi Cihai, an encyclopedic dictionary first published in 1915, and frequently revised辭海
楚辞 Chǔ cí Chu Ci, the Songs of Chu (ancient book of poems, collected during Han but esp. from country of Chu c. 500 BC)楚辭

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