HSK 4 · Verbs

拒绝 jùjué “to refuse” in Chinese

Traditional 拒絕

What 拒绝 means

  1. to refuse
  2. to decline
  3. to reject

How to say 拒绝

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale拒jù4th 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

拒绝 in a sentence

  1. 他拒绝了我们的邀请。

    Tā jùjué le wǒmen de yāoqǐng.

    He turned down our invitation.

    Sentence #1517755 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我拒绝回答你的问题。

    Wǒ jùjué huídá nǐ de wèntí.

    I refuse to answer your question.

    Sentence #1762969 from Tatoeba

  3. 我不知道应该接受还是拒绝。

    Wǒ bù zhīdao yīnggāi jiēshòu háishi jùjué.

    I don’t know whether to accept or refuse.

    Sentence #616299 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 拒绝 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 拒 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
拒jùto resist
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 巨large · jùSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 巨 (jù) hints at the sound. Compare it with jù.

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 拒绝

拒 7 strokes · 绝 9 strokes

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

Words related to 拒绝

Words with 绝

绝对juéduì · absolute谢绝xièjué · to politely decline断绝duànjué · to break off杜绝dùjué · to put an end to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: Thinking & Talking

建议jiànyì · to propose计划jìhuà · plan交流jiāoliú · to exchange解释jiěshì · explanation看法kànfǎ · way of looking at a thing考虑kǎolǜ · to think over理解lǐjiě · to comprehend理想lǐxiǎng · an ideal

FAQs

拒绝 (jùjué) means “to refuse” or “to decline”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jùjué: jù 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, 拒绝 is written 拒絕. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jujue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 拒绝 from the suggestions. Typing jujue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
拒绝 is an HSK 4 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.