Chinese symbol for “refute”
驳斥
bó chì
Traditional: 駁斥
to refute; to debunk; to deny; to denounce
The closest CC-CEDICT match for refute is 驳斥 (bó chì), defined as: to refute; to debunk; to deny; to denounce.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “refute”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 驳倒 (駁倒) | bó dǎo | to refute; to demolish (an argument, theory etc) |
| 反驳 (反駁) | fǎn bó | to retort; to refute |
| 驳 (駁) | bó | variegated; heterogeneous |
| 批驳 (批駁) | pī bó | to criticize; to refute |
| 辩驳 (辯駁) | biàn bó | to dispute; to refute |
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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “refute”.
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.
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