Chinese symbol for “quit”
辞掉
cí diào
Traditional: 辭掉
to quit (one's job); to dismiss (an employee)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for quit is 辞掉 (cí diào), defined as: to quit (one's job); to dismiss (an employee).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “quit”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 戒除 | jiè chú | to quit; to give up (a bad habit) |
| 戒断 (戒斷) | jiè duàn | to quit (taking drugs, alcohol etc); withdrawal |
| 退出 | tuì chū | to withdraw; to abort |
| 辞去 (辭去) | cí qù | to resign; to quit |
| 罢 (罷) | bà | to stop; to cease |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 辞掉.
| 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 |
| 辞退 (辭退) | cí tuì | to dismiss; to discharge |
| 措辞 (措辭) | cuò cí | wording; way of expressing something |
| 卖掉 (賣掉) | mài diào | to sell off |
| 丢掉 (丟掉) | diū diào | to lose; to throw away |
See also: Japanese symbol for “quit”.
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.