辞 (辭) cí

1. cí noun words; speech; expression; phrase; dialog
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '辭' n 2; Unihan '辭')
2. cí verb to resign
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '辞' 2, p. 317; XHZD '辞' 2, p. 107)
3. cí verb to dismiss; to fire
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 解雇 (Guoyu '辞' v 5; NCCED '辞' 3, p. 317; XHZD '辞' 3, p. 107)
4. cí noun rhetoric
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Elegant language used in debate (Guoyu '辞' n 1; XHZD '辞' 4, p. 107)
5. cí verb to say goodbye; to take leave
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The same as 辞别 or 告别 in this sense; as in 告辞 (Guoyu '辞' v 3; NCCED '辞' 1, p. 317; XHZD '辞' 1, p. 107)
6. cí noun ci genre poetry
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 辞赋 (Guoyu '辭' n 4; XHZD '辞' 5, p. 107)
7. cí verb to avoid; to decline
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 推辞 (Guoyu '辞' v 1NCCED '辞' 4, p. 317; XHZD '辞' 2, p. 107)
8. cí noun cause for gossip; reason for condemnation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 话柄 (Guoyu '辞' n 3)
9. cí verb to tell; to inform
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 告知 (Guoyu '辞' v 1)
10. cí verb to blame; to criticize
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 责备 (Guoyu '辞' v 4)

Contained in

• 修辞格(修辭格) figure of speech
• 一辞莫赞(一辭莫贊) left speechless
• 袖珍辞典(袖珍辭典) pocket dictionary
• 措辞(措辭) wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction
• 类语辞典(類語辭典) thesaurus
• 教育部国语辞典(教育部國語辭典) Ministry of Education Standard Chinese Dictionary
• 辞职(辭職) to resign
• 大汉和辞典(大漢和辭典) Great Chinese-Japanese Dictionary ; Dai Kan-Wa Jiten; The Great Chinese–Japanese Dictionary
• 严辞(嚴辭) stern words
• 为辞之术(為辭之術) the way that words are used
• 辞谢(辭謝) to decline gratefully
• 婉辞(婉辭) tactful expression; to politely decline
• 哀辞(哀辭) a eulogy
• 辞章(辭章) poetry and prose; rhetoric
• 辞掉(辭掉) to quit (one's job); to dismiss (an employee)
• 辞句(辭句) words and explanation
• 辞任(辭任) to resign (a position)
• 文辞(文辭) language; words
• 辞书(辭書) a word book; a dictionary; an encyclopedia
• 承颜接辞(承顏接辭) to meet for a discussion
• 托辞(託辭) to make an excuse
• 辞别(辭別) to say goodbye; to take leave
• 谦辞(謙辭) modest words ; to politely decline
• 辞格(辭格) figure of speech
• 不辞(不辭) to not avoid; to not retire ; to not speak; to be silent
• 辞官(辭官) to resign a government post
• 寄辞(寄辭) to send a message
• 辞让(辭讓) to comply; to politely yield
• 辞令(辭令) polite speech; diplomatic terms; rhetoric
• 不辞而别(不辭而別) to leave without saying good-bye
• 善言辞(善言辭) articulate; eloquent
• 辞世(辭世) to die; to depart this life (euphemism); same as 去世
• 辞源(辭源) Ci Yuan
• 慎辞(慎辭) cautious with words
• 爻辞(爻辭) yaoci; line statement
• 辞汇(辭彙) vocabulary
• 辩辞(辯辭) an excuse
• 挽辞(挽辭) an elegy; elegiac words
• 昌辞(昌辭) eloquent writing
• 不以辞害志(不以辭害志) don't let rhetoric spoil the message; don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
• 卑辞厚币(卑辭厚幣) humble expression for generous donation
• 国语辞典(國語辭典) Mandarin Chinese Dictionary ; Ministry of Education Standard Chinese Dictionary
• 彖辞(彖辭) to interpret the divinatory trigrams
• 辞去(辭去) to resign; to quit
• 言辞(言辭) what one says; words; a remark; an utterance

Also contained in

修辞学 、 归去来兮辞 、 辞海 、 楚辞章句 、 木兰辞 、 系辞

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Truncated for common words

• 卷十一 志第三 樂 Volume 11 Treatises 3: Music Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 116
• 卷14　志第9　音樂中 Volume 14 Treatises 9: Music 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 87
• 卷15　志第10 音樂下 Volume 15 Treatises 10: Music 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 71
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 60
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 51
• 卷四百十四 列傳第一百七十三 史弥远 鄭清之 史嵩之 董槐 葉夢鼎 馬廷鸞 Volume 414 Biographies 173: Shi Miyuan, Zheng Qingzhi, Shi Songzhi, Dong Huai, Ye Mengding, Ma Tingluan History of Song 宋史 — count: 36
• 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 34
• 卷四百二十五 列傳第一百八十四 劉應龍 潘牥 洪芹 趙景緯 馮去非 徐霖 徐宗仁 危昭德 陳塏 楊文仲 謝枋得 Volume 425 Biographies 184: Liu Yinglong, Pan 牥, Hong Qin, Zhao Jingwei, Feng Qufei, Xu Lin, Xu Zongren, Wei Zhaode, Chen Kai, Yang Wenzhong, Xie Fangde History of Song 宋史 — count: 31
• 卷一百十九 志第七十二 禮二十二 Volume 119 Treatises 72: Rites 22 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
• 卷九十四 列傳第六十四 隱逸 Volume 94 Biographies 64: Hermits and Recluses Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 28

Collocations

• 辞曰 (辭曰) 辭曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 29
• 子辞 (子辭) 楚子辭焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 7
• 公辞 (公辭) 公辭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
• 敢辞 (敢辭) 陪臣敢辭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 辞玉 (辭玉) 襄仲辭玉曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 固辞 (固辭) 固辭 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 3
• 伯辞 (伯辭) 鄭伯辭以難 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
• 侯辞 (侯辭) 齊侯辭焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 子产辞 (子產辭) 子產辭邑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
• 辞邑 (辭邑) 子產辭邑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2