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辞职

cízhí

to resign

A worker handing in a paper
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Characters in this word

辞 cí

Strokes
13
Radical
舌 — tongue
Made of
舌 tongue 辛 bitter
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 辞

职 zhí

Strokes
11
Radical
耳 — ear
Made of
耳 ear 只 only, merely, just
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 职

Example phrases

  • 他想辞职。 Tā xiǎng cízhí. He wants to resign.
  • 我明天辞职。 Wǒ míngtiān cízhí. I resign tomorrow.
  • 辞职不容易。 Cízhí bù róngyì. Resigning is not easy.

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