辞行 (cí xíng) — to say goodbye (to friends/family) before start…

Definition

A formal verb meaning to bid farewell to someone (often elders) before setting off on a trip — more solemn than the everyday 告别.

verb

to say goodbye (to friends/family) before starting a journey

辞行，。
Wǒ lái xiàng nín cí xíng, míng tiān jiù yào zǒu le.
I've come to say goodbye to you; I'm leaving tomorrow.
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Lín zǒu qián tā gēn wǒ men cí le yì huí xíng.
Before leaving, he said goodbye to us once.
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Wǒ yǐ jīng gēn péng you men cí guò xíng le, xiàn zài kě yǐ chū fā le.
I've already said goodbye to my friends; I can head off now.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

辞cíbid farewell

行xíngdeparture

辞 means bidding farewell and 行 means departure, so the word names saying goodbye before setting out.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

彳亍行

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.