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Chinese symbol for “reject”

排斥
pái chì
to reject; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reject is 排斥 (pái chì), defined as: to reject; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to repel.

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

排 pái
row, rank, file; to eliminate, to remove
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
斥 chì
to scold, to upbraid; to accuse, to blame; to reproach
radical 69 ⽄ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “reject”

WordPinyinMeaning
驳回 (駁回)bó huíto reject; to turn down
拒绝 (拒絕)jù juéto refuse; to decline; to reject
剔除tī chúto reject; to discard
拒收jù shōuto reject; to refuse to accept
拒斥jù chìto reject

Related words

Other words that share a character with 排斥.

WordPinyinMeaning
安排ān páito arrange; to plan
排名pái míngto rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
排除pái chúto eliminate; to remove
排列pái lièto arrange in order; (math.) permutation
排放pái fàngto arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc)
排队 (排隊)pái duìto line up
充斥chōng chìto be full of; to flood
驳斥 (駁斥)bó chìto refute; to debunk

See also: Japanese symbol for “reject”.

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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