HSK 6 · Verbs

告辞 gàocí “to take leave” in Chinese

Traditional 告辭

What 告辞 means

  1. to take leave
  2. to say goodbye
  3. to take one’s leave

How to say 告辞

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale告gào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale辞cí2nd tone, rising

告辞 in a sentence

  1. 时间不早了，我该告辞了。

    Shíjiān bù zǎo le, wǒ gāi gàocí le.

    It’s getting late; I should be going.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 吃完饭，客人们就告辞了。

    Chīwán fàn, kèrénmen jiù gàocí le.

    After the meal, the guests said goodbye and left.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 告辞 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 告 (gào) with each of its parts in a different colour
告gàoto say; to tell
  • 牛cow · niú
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 辞 (cí) with each of its parts in a different colour
辞cíto resign
  • 舌tongue · shé
  • 辛bitter · xīn

How to write 告辞

告 7 strokes · 辞 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

告辞 (gàocí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 告辞 (gàocí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 告辞

Words with 告

告诉gàosu · to tell广告guǎnggào · advertisement告别gàobié · to say goodbye转告zhuǎngào · to pass on报告bàogào · to inform告诫gàojiè · to warn警告jǐnggào · to warn被告bèigào · defendant原告yuángào · plaintiff布告bùgào · notice

Words with 辞

推辞tuīcí · to decline (an offer or invitation)辞职cízhí · to resign致辞zhìcí · to give a speech (formal)

More words: Thinking & Talking

发誓fāshì · to swear分辨fēnbiàn · to distinguish吩咐fēnfù · to instruct附和fùhè · to echo (someone’s views)告诫gàojiè · to warn各抒己见gèshūjǐjiàn · everyone voices their own opinion歌颂gēsòng · to sing the praises of公认gōngrèn · generally recognised

FAQs

告辞 (gàocí) means “to take leave” or “to say goodbye”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gàocí: gào with a 4th tone, then cí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 告辞 is written 告辭. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gaoci with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 告辞 from the suggestions. Typing gaoci into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
告辞 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.