Chinese symbol for “refusal”
抵制
dǐ zhì
to resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate); to reject
The closest CC-CEDICT match for refusal is 抵制 (dǐ zhì), defined as: to resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate); to reject; resistance; refusal.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抵制.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抵达 (抵達) | dǐ dá | to arrive; to reach (a destination) |
| 抵抗 | dǐ kàng | to resist; resistance |
| 抵押 | dǐ yā | to provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral |
| 抵御 (抵禦) | dǐ yù | to resist; to withstand |
| 抵触 (抵觸) | dǐ chù | to conflict; to contradict |
| 控制 | kòng zhì | to control |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
| 限制 | xiàn zhì | to restrict; to limit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “refusal”.
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.