辞
cí HSK5

words

辞 (辭) cí
wording noun
the choice and arrangement of words in a literary work; diction or rhetoric.

这篇文章辞句优美，意境非常深远。

zhè piān wén​zhāng cí jù yōu​měi, yì​jìng fēi​cháng shēn​yuǎn.

The wording of this article is beautiful, and its artistic conception is very profound.

resign verb
to resign from a post or dismiss someone from employment

他不想干了，昨天刚向老板辞了职。

tā bù xiǎng gàn le, zuó​tiān gāng xiàng lǎo​bǎn cí le zhí.

He didn't want to do it anymore and just resigned to his boss yesterday.

funeral oration/verse noun
a literary composition or inscription written to mourn the deceased.

他为老校长写了一篇动人的悼辞。

tā wèi lǎo xiào​zhǎng xiě le yī piān dòng​rén de dào cí.

He wrote a moving eulogy for the old principal.

ballad noun
an archaic Chinese poetic genre or style of writing

《离骚》是楚辞这种文学体裁的代表作。

《 Lí Sāo》 shì Chǔ cí zhè zhǒng wén​xué tǐ​cái de dài​biǎo​zuò.

Li Sao is a representative work of the Chu Ci literary genre.

take leave verb
to say goodbye or bid farewell

他在临行前特意去向老师辞行。

tā zài lín​xíng qián tè​yì qù xiàng lǎo​shī cí​xíng.

He made a special point of saying goodbye to his teacher before leaving.

speech/words noun
referring to one's words, expressions, or the act of speaking (often in the context of obfuscation or evasiveness).

面对质问，他闪烁其辞，不敢正面回答。

miàn​duì zhì​wèn, tā shǎn​shuò qí cí, bù gǎn zhèng​miàn huí​dá.

When questioned, he spoke evasively and did not dare to answer directly.

decline idiom
to refuse or decline an invitation, gift, or request

面对邻居的热情馈赠，他坚辞不受。

miàn​duì lín​jū de rè​qíng kuì​zèng, tā jiān​cí​bù​shòu.

Faced with his neighbor's generous gift, he firmly declined it.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,469th most common 74.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,434th most common 48.5 per million appears in 21% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
7.51 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
18.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
辭
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+8F9E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)