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title: "Cizhi Meaning: 辞职 (to resign) or 此致 ( with respect)?"
description: "辞职 (traditional 辭職, cízhí) means “to resign; to quit (one's job)”. Not the cizhi you heard? See 此致. Hear its tones, see what 辞 and 职 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/cizhi"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 辞职 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

辞职 cízhí

## to resign; to quit (one's job)

## Its characters

1. 辞 cí to resign
2. 职 zhí job

## In a sentence

她上个月辞职了。 She quit her job last month.

如果不是自己主动**辞职**，而是因为别的原因丢了工作，只要失业保险交满一年，就可以申请领取失业保险金。

From [五险一金是什么？ · What is 五险一金 (wuxian yijin) in China?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/what-is-wuxian-yijin-in-china#library-word-524-526)

[More about 辞职](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BE%9E%E8%81%8C)

## Other words said cizhi

- [此致cǐzhì(used before 敬礼 at the end of a letter) with respect](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%AD%A4%E8%87%B4)

## More words with 辞 or 职

- [求职 qiúzhí](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/qiuzhi)
- [在职 zàizhí](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zaizhi)
- [职场 zhíchǎng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhichang)
- [致辞 zhìcí](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhici)
- [职工 zhígōng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhigong)
- [职位 zhíwèi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhiwei)
- [职业 zhíyè](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhiye)
- [职责 zhízé](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhize)

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