Chinese symbol for “dismiss”
辞退
cí tuì
Traditional: 辭退
to dismiss; to discharge; to fire
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dismiss is 辞退 (cí tuì), defined as: to dismiss; to discharge; to fire.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dismiss”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斥退 | chì tuì | to dismiss (from a post); to expel from school |
| 解雇 (解僱) | jiě gù | to fire; to sack |
| 罢免 (罷免) | bà miǎn | to remove sb from their post; to dismiss |
| 辞 (辭) | cí | to resign; to dismiss |
| 罢 (罷) | bà | to stop; to cease |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 辞退.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辞职 (辭職) | cí zhí | to resign |
| 辞去 (辭去) | cí qù | to resign; to quit |
| 辞典 (辭典) | cí diǎn | variant of 词典 (cí diǎn) |
| 言辞 (言辭) | yán cí | words; expression |
| 措辞 (措辭) | cuò cí | wording; way of expressing something |
| 退出 | tuì chū | to withdraw; to abort |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
| 撤退 | chè tuì | to retreat |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dismiss”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.