Chinese symbol for “refuse”
拒绝
jù jué
Traditional: 拒絕
to refuse; to decline; to reject
The closest CC-CEDICT match for refuse is 拒绝 (jù jué), defined as: to refuse; to decline; to reject.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “refuse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拒签 (拒簽) | jù qiān | to refuse (a visa application etc) |
| 推 | tuī | to push; to cut |
| 垃圾 | lā jī | trash; refuse |
| 抵制 | dǐ zhì | to resist; to boycott |
| 拒 | jù | to resist; to repel |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拒绝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抗拒 | kàng jù | to resist; to defy |
| 遭拒 | zāo jù | to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa); to have an application rejected |
| 婉拒 | wǎn jù | to tactfully decline; to turn down gracefully |
| 拒收 | jù shōu | to reject; to refuse to accept |
| 拒捕 | jù bǔ | to resist arrest |
| 绝对 (絕對) | jué duì | absolute; unconditional |
| 绝不 (絕不) | jué bù | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not |
| 绝望 (絕望) | jué wàng | to despair; to give up all hope |
See also: Japanese symbol for “refuse”.
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.