Meaning
bid farewell; diction; resign; say goodbye; take leave; decline
Chinese: 言辞、辞别，也表示辞职、推辞。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ci” becomes a different word in each tone. 辞 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 辞职cí zhíto resign
- 辞典cí diǎndictionary
- 推辞tuī cíto decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
- 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 致词
- 告辞gào cíto say goodbye; to take one's leave
Example Sentence
离别的时候，他向大家辞行。Lí bié de shí hou, tā xiàng dà jiā cí xíng.When leaving, he bid farewell to everyone.
离别Lí biéto leave (on a long journe的deof时候shí houtime，他tāhe向xiàngtoward大家dà jiāeveryone辞行cí xíngto say goodbye。