words, speech, expression, phrase

DEFINITIONS

  • words, speech, expression, phrase
  • old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]
  • to resign
  • to dismiss
  • to decline
  • to take leave
  • ballad (archaic poetic genre)
  • variant of 詞|词[ci2]

WORDS

qǐng cí to ask sb to resign from a post
yú cí flattering words
qiān cí humble words; self-deprecatory expression; to modestly decline
jiǎng cí lectures
zàn cí praise
世 cí shì to die; to depart this life (euphemism); same as 去世
令 cí lìng polite speech; diplomatic terms; rhetoric
任 cí rèn to resign (a position)
典 cí diǎn dictionary; also written 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3]; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
別 cí bié to take leave
去 cí qù to resign; to quit
呈 cí chéng (written) resignation
官 cí guān to resign a government post
掉 cí diào to quit (one's job); to dismiss (an employee)
書 cí shū dictionary; encyclopedia
書學 cí shū xué lexicography
格 cí gé figure of speech
海 cí hǎi Cihai, an encyclopedic dictionary first published in 1915, and frequently revised
灶 cí zào see 送灶[song4 Zao4]
章 cí zhāng poetry and prose; rhetoric
職 cí zhí to resign
藻 cí zǎo rhetoric
行 cí xíng to say goodbye; leave-taking; farewells
謝 cí xiè to decline gratefully
退 cí tuì to dismiss; to discharge; to fire