| 1 | 修辞 | 修辭 | xiū cí | xiu1 ci2 | rhetoric | | |
| 2 | 辞 | 辤 | cí | ci2 | to resign; to dismiss; to decline; to take leave; ballad (archaic poetic genre); variant of 词 ; old variant of 辞 | | |
| 3 | 辞职 | 辭職 | cí zhí | ci2 zhi2 | to resign | | |
| 4 | 告辞 | 告辭 | gào cí | gao4 ci2 | to say goodbye; to take one's leave | | |
| 5 | 祝酒辞 | 祝酒辭 | zhù jiǔ cí | zhu4 jiu3 ci2 | short speech given in proposing a toast | | |
| 6 | 辞别 | 辭別 | cí bié | ci2 bie2 | to take leave | | |
| 7 | 辞色严厉 | 辭色嚴厲 | cí sè yán lì | ci2 se4 yan2 li4 | to be severe in speech and countenance (idiom) | | |
| 8 | 辞任 | 辭任 | cí rèn | ci2 ren4 | to resign (a position) | | |
| 9 | 辞去 | 辭去 | cí qù | ci2 qu4 | to resign; to quit | | |
| 10 | 辞令 | 辭令 | cí lìng | ci2 ling4 | polite speech; diplomatic terms; rhetoric | | |
| 11 | 辞海 | 辭海 | cí hǎi | Ci2 hai3 | Cihai, an encyclopedic dictionary first published in 1915, and frequently revised | | |
| 12 | 辞官 | 辭官 | cí guān | ci2 guan1 | to resign a government post | | |
| 13 | 辞格 | 辭格 | cí gé | ci2 ge2 | figure of speech | | |
| 14 | 辞典 | 辭典 | cí diǎn | ci2 dian3 | dictionary; also written 词典 ; Classifiers: 本 ,部 | | |
| 15 | 辞呈 | 辭呈 | cí chéng | ci2 cheng2 | (written) resignation | | |
| 16 | 哀辞 | 哀辭 | āi cí | ai1 ci2 | dirge; lament | | |
| 17 | 楚辞 | 楚辭 | chǔ cí | Chu3 ci2 | Chu Ci, the Songs of Chu (ancient book of poems, collected during Han but esp. from country of Chu c. 500 BC) | | |
| 18 | 不以辞害志 | 不以辭害志 | bù yǐ cí hài zhì | bu4 yi3 ci2 hai4 zhi4 | don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say | | |
| 19 | 不辞辛苦 | 不辭辛苦 | bù cí xīn kǔ | bu4 ci2 xin1 ku3 | to make nothing of hardships | | |
| 20 | 不辞劳苦 | 不辭勞苦 | bù cí láo kǔ | bu4 ci2 lao2 ku3 | to spare no effort | | |
| 21 | 不辞而别 | 不辭而別 | bù cí ér bié | bu4 ci2 er2 bie2 | to leave without saying good-bye | | |
| 22 | 卜辞 | 卜辭 | bǔ cí | bu3 ci2 | oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones | | |
| 23 | 驳辞 | 駁辭 | bó cí | bo2 ci2 | refutation; incoherent speech | | |
| 24 | 辩辞 | 辯辭 | biàn cí | bian4 ci2 | an excuse | | |
| 25 | 卑辞厚礼 | 卑辭厚禮 | bēi cí hòu lǐ | bei1 ci2 hou4 li3 | humble expression for generous gift | | |