Chinese symbol for “overrule”
否决
fǒu jué
Traditional: 否決
to veto; to overrule
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overrule is 否决 (fǒu jué), defined as: to veto; to overrule.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “overrule”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 否决.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 是否 | shì fǒu | whether (or not); if |
| 否则 (否則) | fǒu zé | otherwise; if not; or (else) |
| 否认 (否認) | fǒu rèn | to declare to be untrue; to deny |
| 能否 | néng fǒu | whether one can; whether it is possible |
| 否定 | fǒu dìng | to negate; to deny |
| 决定 (決定) | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng)) |
| 解决 (解決) | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |
| 决议 (決議) | jué yì | a resolution; to pass a resolution |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overrule”.
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.