 For word dictionaries, "cidian" is interchangeably written (/辞典; "cídiǎn"; "tzʻŭ²-tien³"; "word dictionary") or (/词典; "cídiǎn"; "tzʻŭ²-tien³"; "word dictionary"); using "cí" (; "word, speech; phrase, expression; diction, phraseology; statement; a kind of poetic prose; depart; decline; resign"), and its graphic variant "cí" (; "word, term; expression, phrase; speech, statement; part of speech; a kind of tonal poetry").