Usage of the character 辞

old variant of 辭／辞 (cí)

cí

辞

[辭]

to resign
to dismiss
to decline
(literary) to take leave
(archaic poetic genre) ballad
variant of 詞／词 (cí)

cídiào

辞掉

[辭掉]

to quit (one's job)
to dismiss (an employee)

cízhí

辞职

[辭職]

to resign

zhìcí

致辞

[致辭]

to 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 致詞／致词

qǐngcí

请辞

[請辭]

to ask sb to resign from a post

tuōcí

托辞

[托辭]

see 託詞／托词 (tuōcí)

luǒcí

裸辞

[裸辭]

to quit one's job (without having another one)

jiǎngcí

讲辞

[講辭]

lectures

cílìng

辞令

[辭令]

polite speech; diplomatic language; rhetoric

guàcí

卦辞

[卦辭]

to interpret the divinatory trigrams

cíbié

辞别

[辭別]

to bid farewell (to); to say goodbye (to)

cídiǎn

辞典

[辭典]

dictionary (variant of 詞典／词典 (cidián))
CL:本 (běn),部 (bù)

cíxíng

辞行

[辭行]

to say goodbye
leave-taking
farewells

cuòcí

措辞

[措辭]

wording
way of expressing something
turn of phrase
diction

sòngcí

颂辞

[頌辭]

variant of 頌詞／颂词 (sòngcí)

āicí

哀辞

[哀辭]

dirge
lament

wǎncí

挽辞

[挽辭]

an elegy
elegiac words

lìcí

丽辞

[麗辭]

beautiful wordage
also written 麗詞／丽词 (lìcí)

cíxiè

辞谢

[辭謝]

to decline gratefully

piāncí

偏辞

[偏辭]

one-sided words
prejudice
flattery

císhū

辞书

[辭書]

dictionary
encyclopedia

qiāncí

谦辞

[謙辭]

humble words
self-deprecatory expression
to modestly decline

tuàncí

彖辞

[彖辭]

to interpret the divinatory trigrams

bócí

驳辞

[駁辭]

refutation
incoherent speech

yúcí

谀辞

[諛辭]

flattering words

dàocí

悼辞

[悼辭]

variant of 悼詞／悼词 (dàocí)

xiūcí

修辞

[修辭]

rhetoric

Cíhǎi

辞海

[辭海]

Cihai, encyclopedic dictionary of Chinese first published in 1936

yáncí

严辞

[嚴辭]

stern words

jìngcí

敬辞

[敬辭]

term of respect; polite expression

tuīcí

推辞

[推辭]

to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)

tuōcí

托辞

[託辭]

see 託詞／托词 (tuōcí)

cíqù

辞去

[辭去]

to resign
to quit

zàncí

赞辞

[贊辭]

praise

gàocí

告辞

[告辭]

to say goodbye
to take one's leave

cígé

辞格

[辭格]

figure of speech

círèn

辞任

[辭任]

to resign (a position)

cítuì

辞退

[辭退]

to dismiss
to discharge
to fire

Chǔcí

楚辞

[楚辭]

Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚 ( Chǔ), collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝／汉朝 ( Hànchào)

wéncí

文辞

[文辭]

language; use of words; phraseology
articles; essays; writing

cíchéng

辞呈

[辭呈]

(written) resignation

bǔcí

卜辞

[卜辭]

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

rǒngcí

冗辞

[冗辭]

variant of 冗詞／冗词 (rǒngcí)

biàncí

辩辞

[辯辭]

an excuse

kěncí

恳辞

[懇辭]

to decline with sincere thanks

wǎncí

婉辞

[婉辭]

tactful expression
to politely decline

shuōcí

说辞

[說辭]

excuse
pretext
entreaties
arguments

cí Zào

辞灶

[辭灶]

see 送灶 (sòng Zào)

cízhāng

辞章

[辭章]

poetry and prose
rhetoric

yáncí

言辞

[言辭]

words
expression
what one says

jìcí

寄辞

[寄辭]

to send a message

císhì

辞世

[辭世]

to die
to depart this life (euphemism)
same as 去世

cíguān

辞官

[辭官]

to resign a government post

cízǎo

辞藻

[辭藻]

rhetoric

zhùjiǔcí

祝酒辞

[祝酒辭]

short speech given in proposing a toast

xiūcíxué

修辞学

[修辭學]

rhetoric

císhūxué

辞书学

[辭書學]

lexicography

xíngróngcí

形容辞

[形容辭]

adjective

shànyáncí

善言辞

[善言辭]

articulate
eloquent

fāyǔcí

发语辞

[發語辭]

literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence

xiūcígé

修辞格

[修辭格]

figure of speech

yīcímòzàn

一辞莫赞

[一辭莫贊]

left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)

bēicíhòulǐ

卑辞厚礼

[卑辭厚禮]

humble expression for generous gift

bùcíxīnkǔ

不辞辛苦

[不辭辛苦]

to make nothing of hardships

bùcí'érbié

不辞而别

[不辭而別]

to leave without saying good-bye

yǔshìchángcí

与世长辞

[與世長辭]

to die
to depart from the world forever

náncíqíjiù

难辞其咎

[難辭其咎]

cannot escape censure (idiom)
has to bear the blame

yǐnyuēqící

隐约其辞

[隱約其辭]

equivocal speech
to use vague or ambiguous language

yìbùróngcí

义不容辞

[義不容辭]

not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom)
incumbent
bounden (duty)

xiùzhēncídiǎn

袖珍辞典

[袖珍辭典]

pocket dictionary

wànsǐbùcí

万死不辞

[萬死不辭]

ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out

cuòcíqiángyìng

措辞强硬

[措辭強硬]

strongly-worded

yìzhèngcíyán

义正辞严

[義正辭嚴]

(idiom) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness

zhènzhènyǒucí

振振有辞

[振振有辭]

to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
also written 振振有詞／振振有词

lèiyǔcídiǎn

类语辞典

[類語辭典]

thesaurus

yǐnjiùcízhí

引咎辞职

[引咎辭職]

to admit responsibility and resign

wēicísǒngtīng

危辞耸听

[危辭聳聽]

to startle sb with scary tale

bēicíhòubì

卑辞厚币

[卑辭厚幣]

humble expression for generous donation

zàisuǒbùcí

在所不辞

[在所不辭]

not to refuse to (idiom)
not to hesitate to

bùcíláokǔ

不辞劳苦

[不辭勞苦]

to spare no effort

bùyǐcíhàizhì

不以辞害志

[不以辭害志]

don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

yùjiāzhīzuì,héhuànwúcí

欲加之罪，何患无辞

[欲加之罪，何患無辭]

If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳／左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.