The President of the United States has the power to veto and return bills.
Sentence #6142490 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 否决 is built
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否fǒuto negate
不no · bùMeaning part
口mouth · kǒuSound part
不 hints at the meaning (no); 口 (kǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with fǒu.
决juéto decide
冫ice · bīng
夬decisive · guài
Memory aidSimplified from 決, water 氵 breaking through a bank. 夬 (guài) gives the sound: to burst, to decide.
How to write 否决
否 7 strokes · 决 6 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 否决 (fǒujué). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
否决 (fǒujué) means “to veto” or “to reject”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fǒujué: fǒu with a 3rd 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, 否决 is written 否決. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type foujue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 否决 from the suggestions. Typing foujue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
否决 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
否fǒu3rd tone, dipping
决jué2nd tone, rising
