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.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “reject”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 驳回 (駁回) | bó huí | to reject; to turn down |
| 拒绝 (拒絕) | jù jué | to refuse; to decline; to reject |
| 剔除 | tī chú | to reject; to discard |
| 拒收 | jù shōu | to reject; to refuse to accept |
| 拒斥 | jù chì | to reject |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 排斥.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安排 | ān pái | to arrange; to plan |
| 排名 | pái míng | to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking |
| 排除 | pái chú | to eliminate; to remove |
| 排列 | pái liè | to arrange in order; (math.) permutation |
| 排放 | pái fàng | to arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) |
| 排队 (排隊) | pái duì | to line up |
| 充斥 | chōng chì | to be full of; to flood |
| 驳斥 (駁斥) | bó chì | to 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.