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

• 讲辞(講辭) lectures
• 同义词辞典(同義詞辭典) thesaurus
• 挽辞(挽辭) an elegy; elegiac words
• 袖珍辞典(袖珍辭典) pocket dictionary
• 恳辞(懇辭) to decline with sincere thanks
• 不辞劳苦(不辭勞苦) to spare no effort
• 辞行(辭行) to say goodbye; leave-taking; farewells
• 国语辞典(國語辭典) Mandarin Chinese Dictionary ; Ministry of Education Standard Chinese Dictionary
• 一辞莫赞(一辭莫贊) left speechless
• 形容辞(形容辭) adjective
• 辞源(辭源) Ci Yuan
• 辞官(辭官) to resign a government post
• 谀辞(諛辭) flattering words
• 危辞耸听(危辭聳聽) to startle with scary tale
• 善言辞(善言辭) articulate; eloquent
• 隐约其辞(隱約其辭) equivocal speech; to use vague or ambiguous language
• 成辞(成辭) perfect composition
• 托辞(託辭) to make an excuse
• 辞章(辭章) poetry and prose; rhetoric
• 辞典(辭典) dictionary
• 偏辞(偏辭) one-sided words; prejudice; flattery
• 哀辞(哀辭) a eulogy
• 赞辞(贊辭) praise
• 驳辞(駁辭) refutation; incoherent speech
• 辞世(辭世) to die; to depart this life (euphemism); same as 去世
• 振振有辞(振振有辭) to incessantly say that one is correct
• 异口同辞(異口同辭) different people speaking in unison
• 措辞强硬(措辭強硬) strongly-worded
• 措辞(措辭) wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction
• 说辞(說辭) excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments
• 裸辞(裸辭) to quit one's job (without having another one)
• 丽辞(麗辭) beautiful wordage
• 辞去(辭去) to resign; to quit
• 慎辞(慎辭) cautious with words
• 寄辞(寄辭) to send a message
• 卑辞厚币(卑辭厚幣) humble expression for generous donation
• 敬辞(敬辭) a term of respect; an honorific title
• 颂辞(頌辭) commendation speech; eulogy; ode
• 请辞(請辭) to ask somebody to resign from a post
• 义正辞严(義正辭嚴) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness
• 辞藻(辭藻) rhetoric
• 奉辞(奉辭) denunciation
• 承颜接辞(承顏接辭) to meet for a discussion
• 为辞之术(為辭之術) the way that words are used
• 义不容辞(義不容辭) do not shirk your duty
• 祝酒辞(祝酒辭) short speech given in proposing a toast

Also contained in

大汉和辞典 、 卦辞 、 归去来兮辞 、 系辞 、 修辞学

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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
• 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

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: 45
• 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: 5
• 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
• 人辞 (人辭) 邾人辭曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 辞公 (辭公) 故辭公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 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: 2