Chinese symbol for “resign”
辞职
cí zhí
Traditional: 辭職
to resign
The closest CC-CEDICT match for resign is 辞职 (cí zhí), defined as: to resign.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “resign”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辞 (辭) | cí | to resign; to dismiss |
| 辞去 (辭去) | cí qù | to resign; to quit |
| 辞任 (辭任) | cí rèn | to resign (a position) |
| 引退 | yǐn tuì | to retire from office; to resign |
| 离职 (離職) | lí zhí | to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study); to leave one's job; to resign |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 辞职.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 职业 (職業) | zhí yè | occupation; profession; vocation; professional |
| 职务 (職務) | zhí wù | post; position |
| 职工 (職工) | zhí gōng | employee; staff member; worker |
See also: Japanese symbol for “resign”.
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.