HSK 6 · Verbs

谢绝 xièjué “to politely decline” in Chinese

Traditional 謝絕

What 谢绝 means

  1. to politely decline
  2. to refuse politely

How to say 谢绝

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale谢xiè4th 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

谢绝 in a sentence

  1. 这家博物馆谢绝拍照。

    Zhè jiā bówùguǎn xièjué pāizhào.

    Photography is not permitted in this museum.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她谢绝了朋友的帮助。

    Tā xièjué le péngyou de bāngzhù.

    She politely declined her friend’s help.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 谢绝 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 谢 (xiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
谢xièto thank
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 射to shoot · shèSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 射 (shè) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiè.

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 谢绝

谢 12 strokes · 绝 9 strokes

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

Words related to 谢绝

Words with 谢

谢谢xièxie · thank you感谢gǎnxiè · (express) thanks新陈代谢xīnchéndàixiè · metabolism

Words with 绝

拒绝jùjué · to refuse绝对juéduì · absolute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

侮辱wǔrǔ · to insult想方设法xiǎngfāngshèfǎ · to try every possible way响应xiǎngyìng · to respond to闲话xiánhuà · gossip泄露xièlòu · to leak协商xiéshāng · to consult喧哗xuānhuá · to make a loud noise宣扬xuānyáng · to publicise

FAQs

谢绝 (xièjué) means “to politely decline” or “to refuse politely”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xièjué: xiè 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, 谢绝 is written 謝絕. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiejue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 谢绝 from the suggestions. Typing xiejue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
谢绝 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.