告
辞

To say goodbye in Chinese: 告辞 (gào cí)

gào cí

to say goodbye

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 告辭1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to say goodbye
  2. 2to take one's leave

Stroke order

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告
辞

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄠˋ

gào

ㄍ/ gㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄘˊ

cí

ㄘ/ cˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

告辞

Simplified

告辭

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 时间不早了，我该告辞了。

    shí jiān bù zǎo le， wǒ gāi gào cí le。

    It's getting late; I should take my leave.

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Related words

辞

cí

to resign

告

gào

to say

告诉

gào sù

to press charges

广告

guǎng gào

to advertise

报告

bào gào

to inform

辞职

cí zhí

to resign

告别

gào bié

to leave

推辞

tuī cí

to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)

转告

zhuǎn gào

to pass on

辞典

cí diǎn

dictionary (variant of 词典)

公告

gōng gào

post

警告

jǐng gào

to warn

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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