辭 (ci4) — shirk; evade; decline in Cantonese

ciˎ₄辭

简辞

Mandarin Pinyin: ci2

Meaning of 辭

nounshirk; evade; decline

nounresign; dismiss; discharge

noundiction; phraseology; expression

nountake leave; part from; bid adieu

nouna type of classical Chinese literature or poetry

Example Sentences with 辭

佳叔引咎辭職

Uncle Gaai took the blame for the mistake and resigned from work.

你豈能不辭而別！

How could you leave without saying goodbye?

ciˎ₄辭zeˍ₆謝hungˎ₄紅baauˉ¹包

Politely refuse an offer for a red envelope

keoiˏ₅佢ciˎ₄辭zoˊ²咗fanˍ₆份gungˉ¹公zik6.職。

He resigned from his public post.

keoiˏ₅佢soengˊ²想ciˎ₄辭zikˍ₆職wo˗₃喎

He wants to resign.

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Words Containing 辭

to resign (from a post)

袖珍辭典zau6 zan1 ci4 din2

pocket-sized dictionary [Var.] 袖珍詞典

卜辭buk1 ci4

oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones

辭官ci4 gun1

to resign a government post

修辭學教師sau1 ci4 hok6 gaau3 si1

rhetor (a master or teacher of rhetoric)

辭謝ci4 ze6

to politely decline with a word of thanks; reject with thanks

辭翰ci4 hon6

book, written composition (lit., "penned words")

懇辭han2 ci4

decline with sincere thanks; sense of modesty and yielding

辭世ci4 sai3

to depart from this life (euphemism for "to die"); to pass away

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