HSK 6 · Verbs

杜绝 dùjué “to put an end to” in Chinese

Traditional 杜絕

What 杜绝 means

  1. to put an end to
  2. to eliminate

How to say 杜绝

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale杜dù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale绝jué2nd tone, rising

杜绝 in a sentence

  1. 我们要杜绝浪费。

    Wǒmen yào dùjué làngfèi.

    We must put an end to waste.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 学校要杜绝考试作弊。

    Xuéxiào yào dùjué kǎoshì zuòbì.

    The school must stamp out cheating in exams.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 杜绝 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 杜 (dù) with each of its parts in a different colour
杜dùbirchleaf pear
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 土earth · tǔSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 土 (tǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with dù.

The character 绝 (jué) with each of its parts in a different colour
绝juéto cut short
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 色colour · sèSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 色 (sè) hints at the sound. Compare it with jué.

How to write 杜绝

杜 7 strokes · 绝 9 strokes

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

Words related to 杜绝

Words with 绝

拒绝jùjué · to refuse绝对juéduì · absolute谢绝xièjué · to politely decline断绝duànjué · to break off绝望juéwàng · to despair滔滔不绝tāotāobùjué · to talk non-stop空前绝后kōngqiánjuéhòu · unprecedented and unrepeatable络绎不绝luòyìbùjué · in an endless stream

More words: Common Verbs

断绝duànjué · to break off对付duìfu · to deal with堆积duījī · to pile up对抗duìkàng · to resist堕落duòluò · to degenerate堵塞dǔsè · to block恶化èhuà · to worsen遏制èzhì · to curb

FAQs

杜绝 (dùjué) means “to put an end to” or “to eliminate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dùjué: dù with a 4th tone, then jué 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, 杜绝 is written 杜絕. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dujue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 杜绝 from the suggestions. Typing dujue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
杜绝 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.