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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).

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
掉 diào
to drop, to fall, to remove
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “quit”

WordPinyinMeaning
戒除jiè chúto quit; to give up (a bad habit)
戒断 (戒斷)jiè duànto quit (taking drugs, alcohol etc); withdrawal
退出tuì chūto withdraw; to abort
辞去 (辭去)cí qùto resign; to quit
罢 (罷)bàto stop; to cease

Related words

Other words that share a character with 辞掉.

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
辞退 (辭退)cí tuìto dismiss; to discharge
措辞 (措辭)cuò cíwording; way of expressing something
卖掉 (賣掉)mài diàoto sell off
丢掉 (丟掉)diū diàoto 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.

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