Chinese symbol for “rhetoric”
修辞
xiū cí
Traditional: 修辭
rhetoric
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rhetoric is 修辞 (xiū cí), defined as: rhetoric.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rhetoric”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 词藻 (詞藻) | cí zǎo | rhetoric; flowery language |
| 辞藻 (辭藻) | cí zǎo | rhetoric |
| 修辞学 (修辭學) | xiū cí xué | rhetoric |
| 辞令 (辭令) | cí lìng | polite speech; diplomatic language; rhetoric |
| 雄辩 (雄辯) | xióng biàn | eloquent; oratory |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 修辞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 修改 | xiū gǎi | to amend; to alter |
| 维修 (維修) | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain |
| 修正 | xiū zhèng | to revise; to amend; to rectify |
| 修复 (修復) | xiū fù | to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) |
| 修订 (修訂) | xiū dìng | to revise |
| 修建 | xiū jiàn | to build; to construct |
| 辞职 (辭職) | cí zhí | to resign |
| 辞去 (辭去) | cí qù | to resign; to quit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rhetoric”.
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.