| 辞 | cí | refined language; wording; poetic genre (so far, interchangeable with 词); to take leave; to resign; to dismiss; to decline |
| 辞职 | cí zhí | to resign |
| 辞退 | cí tuì | to dismiss; to discharge; to fire |
| 辞典 | cí diǎn | dictionary (of Chinese compound words); also written 词典; CL:本,部 |
| 辞行 | cí xíng | to say goodbye; leave-taking; farewells |
| 辞世 | cí shì | to die; to depart this life (euphemism); same as 去世 |
| 辞令 | cí lìng | polite speech; diplomatic terms; rhetoric |
| 辞任 | cí rèn | to resign (a position) |
| 辞别 | cí bié | to take leave |
| 辞去 | cí qù | to resign; to quit |
| 辞官 | cí guān | to resign a government post |
| 辞掉 | cí diào | to resign a post; to sack and get rid of |
| 辞书 | cí shū | word book; dictionary; encyclopedia |
| 辞书学 | cí shū xué | lexicography; making dictionaries |
| 辞海 | cí hǎi | Ci Hai, an encyclopedic dictionary first published in 1915, most recent edition 1999 |
| 辞藻 | cí zǎo | rhetoric |
| 辞谢 | cí xiè | to decline gratefully |
