辞

cí

words, speech, expression, phrase

How to write 辞, stroke by stroke

old variant of 辞; to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad; variant of 词

Ideographic: Bitter 辛 words 舌

Made of 舌 + 辛

辞职cí zhíto resign
告辞gào cíto say goodbye; to take one's leave
辞掉cí diàoto quit (one's job); to dismiss (an employee)
说辞shuō cíexcuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments
言辞yán cíwords; expression; what one says
辞退cí tuìto dismiss; to discharge; to fire
措辞cuò cíwording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction
辞呈cí chéng(written) resignation
辞去cí qùto resign; to quit
致辞zhì cíto express in words or writing; to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc); to address (an audience); same as 致詞|致词
不辞而别bù cí ér biéto leave without saying good-bye
修辞xiū círhetoric

你没必要辞掉工作。
nǐ méi bì yào cí diào gōng zuò 。
It is not necessary for you to quit the job.
我的上司被逼迫辞职。
wǒ de shàng sī bèi bī pò cí zhí 。
My boss was forced to resign.
我不想辞去这份工作。
wǒ bù xiǎng cí qù zhè fèn gōng zuò 。
I don't want to quit this job.
我被无故辞退了。
wǒ bèi wú gù cí tuì le 。
I was fired without cause.
我想要买便宜的辞典。
wǒ xiǎng yào mǎi pián yi de cí diǎn 。
I want to buy a cheap dictionary.