Chinese symbol for “debunk”

驳斥

bó chì

Traditional: 駁斥

to refute; to debunk; to deny; to denounce

The closest CC-CEDICT match for debunk is 驳斥 (bó chì), defined as: to refute; to debunk; to deny; to denounce.

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Characters and stroke order

驳 bó

variegated, motley; to refuse, to dispute

radical 187 ⾺ · 7 strokes

斥 chì

to scold, to upbraid; to accuse, to blame; to reproach

radical 69 ⽄ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

駁 bó

Related words

Other words that share a character with 驳斥.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
反驳 (反駁)	fǎn bó	to retort; to refute
驳回 (駁回)	bó huí	to reject; to turn down
批驳 (批駁)	pī bó	to criticize; to refute
辩驳 (辯駁)	biàn bó	to dispute; to refute
接驳 (接駁)	jiē bó	to access; to transfer passengers between two railway lines
排斥	pái chì	to reject; to exclude
充斥	chōng chì	to be full of; to flood
斥责 (斥責)	chì zé	to lash out; to reprimand

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.