HSK 5 · Verbs

推辞 tuīcí “to decline (an offer or invitation)” in Chinese

Traditional 推辭

What 推辞 means

  1. to decline (an offer or invitation)
  2. to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)

How to say 推辞

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale推tuī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale辞cí2nd tone, rising

推辞 in a sentence

  1. 他请我吃饭，我推辞了半天，最后还是去了。

    Tā qǐng wǒ chīfàn, wǒ tuīcí le bàntiān, zuìhòu háishi qù le.

    He invited me to dinner; I kept saying no, but in the end I went.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这是我的一点心意，你就别推辞了。

    Zhè shì wǒ de yìdiǎn xīnyì, nǐ jiù bié tuīcí le.

    This is just a small token of thanks, so please don’t say no.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 推辞 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 推 (tuī) with each of its parts in a different colour
推tuīto push
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with tuī.

The character 辞 (cí) with each of its parts in a different colour
辞cíto resign
  • 舌tongue · shé
  • 辛bitter · xīn

How to write 推辞

推 11 strokes · 辞 13 strokes

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

Words related to 推辞

Words with 推

推tuī · to push推迟tuīchí · to postpone推荐tuījiàn · to recommend推广tuīguǎng · to promote推测tuīcè · to speculate推翻tuīfān · to overthrow推销tuīxiāo · to promote推理tuīlǐ · reasoning推论tuīlùn · inference

Words with 辞

辞职cízhí · to resign告辞gàocí · to take leave致辞zhìcí · to give a speech (formal)

More words: Thinking & Talking

思想sīxiǎng · thought谈判tánpàn · to negotiate提问tíwèn · to question体会tǐhuì · to know from experience推荐tuījiàn · to recommend委屈wěiqu · to feel wronged问候wènhòu · to give one’s respects想念xiǎngniàn · to miss

FAQs

推辞 (tuīcí) means “to decline (an offer or invitation)” or “to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tuīcí: tuī with a 1st tone, then cí 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, 推辞 is written 推辭. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuici with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 推辞 from the suggestions. Typing tuici into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
推辞 is an HSK 5 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.