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拒 jù to refuse

to refuse; to resist

How to remember 拒: 扌 hand + 巨 huge = to refuse. The waiter offers a huge slice of cake, but the tired runner raises one hand to refuse.

  • 1,331. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 7 strokes
  • Radical 手

Component breakdown

拒 = 扌 hand + 巨 huge

  • 扌 hand
  • 巨 huge
The Gushi story

The waiter offers a huge slice of cake, but the tired runner raises one hand to refuse.

How it is used

  • To refuse / resist / ward off; bound - 拒绝 (jùjué) refuse/decline, 抗拒 (kàngjù) resist.
  • 拒绝 is the everyday 'to turn down (a request, an offer, a person)': 拒绝了他的邀请 (jùjué le tā de yāoqǐng) declined his invitation.
  • It takes a direct object (a thing or a person): 拒绝他 to reject him.

Words with 拒

Example sentences

  • 他们拒绝和好。 Tāmen jùjué héhǎo.They refuse to reconcile.