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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

辞 cí
words, speech; to resign, to take leave
radical 160 ⾟ · 13 strokes
退 tuì
to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dismiss”

WordPinyinMeaning
斥退chì tuìto dismiss (from a post); to expel from school
解雇 (解僱)jiě gùto fire; to sack
罢免 (罷免)bà miǎnto remove sb from their post; to dismiss
辞 (辭)cíto resign; to dismiss
罢 (罷)bàto stop; to cease

Related words

Other words that share a character with 辞退.

WordPinyinMeaning
辞职 (辭職)cí zhíto resign
辞去 (辭去)cí qùto resign; to quit
辞典 (辭典)cí diǎnvariant of 词典 (cí diǎn)
言辞 (言辭)yán cíwords; expression
措辞 (措辭)cuò cíwording; way of expressing something
退出tuì chūto withdraw; to abort
退休tuì xiūto retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
撤退chè tuìto 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.

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