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辞职 (cí zhí) — to resign (from a job or position)

Definition

辞职 is the standard everyday verb meaning the employee voluntarily resigns from their job. For resigning from a position or post, use 卸任; if leaving is not necessarily permanent, 离职 is broader (includes temporary leave).

verb
to resign (from a job or position)

Examples

  • 辞职。
    Tā dǎ suàn xià ge yuè cí zhí.
    He plans to resign next month.
  • ，。
    Tā qù nián cí le zhí, qù chuàng yè le.
    She resigned last year and started her own business.
  • 辞职？
    Nǐ cí zhí de yuán yīn shì shén me?
    What was the reason for your resignation?

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

辞cíleave; resign
职zhíposition; job

辞 + 职 = 辞职: leave a position, i.e. resign.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 職; 职 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
耳耳ěrear
Sound part声符shēngfú
戠
戠zhí職zhí
Same sound today

The traditional form 職 pairs 耳 (ear) with 戠, which gives its sound; the simplified 职 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 职 →
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