辞
退

To dismiss in Chinese: 辞退 (cí tuì)

cí tuì

to dismiss

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

Definitions

  1. 1to dismiss
  2. 2to discharge
  3. 3to fire

Stroke order

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辞
退

Zhuyin

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ㄘˊ

cí

ㄘ/ cˊ/ second tone

ㄊㄨㄟˋ

tuì

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

辞退

Simplified

辭退

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 公司上个月辞退了几名员工。

    gōng sī shàng gè yuè cí tuì le jǐ míng yuán gōng。

    The company dismissed several employees last month.

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Related words

退

tuì

to retreat

辞

cí

to resign

辞职

cí zhí

to resign

推辞

tuī cí

to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)

退步

tuì bù

to do less well than before

退休

tuì xiū

to retire (from the workforce)

退出

tuì chū

to withdraw

辞典

cí diǎn

dictionary (variant of 词典)

退票

tuì piào

to bounce (a check)

辞呈

cí chéng

(written) resignation

辞去

cí qù

to resign

告辞

gào cí

to say goodbye

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