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拒

jù

HSK 4 Character

What 拒 means

1. to resist
2. to repel
3. to refuse

Example sentences

• 我拒绝。
  I must decline.
• 我本应婉拒。
  Wǒ běnyīng wǎnjù.
  I should've declined.
• 我必须拒绝。
  I must say no to you.
• 她拒绝了我。
  She rejected me.
• 他们拒绝了。
  They refused.
• 我拒绝了付款。
  Wǒ jùjué le fùkuǎn.
  I refused to pay.

Words starting with 拒

• 拒绝jù juéto refuse; to decline; to reject
• 拒之门外jù zhī mén wàito lock one's door and refuse to see sb
• 拒收jù shōuto reject; to refuse to accept
• 拒付jù fùto refuse to accept a payment; to refuse to pay; to stop (a check or payment)
• 拒保jù bǎoto refuse to insure; to exclude from insurance coverage
• 拒接jù jiēto reject; to refuse to take a call
• 拒签jù qiānto refuse (a visa application etc)
• 拒载jù zàito refuse to take a passenger (of taxi)
• 拒马jù mǎcheval de frise (a type of barrier)
• 拒捕jù bǔto resist arrest
• 拒不接受jù bù jiē shòurefusing to accept
• 拒绝服务攻击jù jué fú wù gōng jī(computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS)
• 拒腐防变jù fǔ fáng biànto fight corruption and forestall moral degeneration
• 拒斥jù chìto reject

Words containing 拒

• 抗拒kàng jùto resist; to defy; to oppose
• 婉拒wǎn jùto tactfully decline; to turn down gracefully
• 来者不拒lái zhě bù jùto refuse nobody (idiom); all comers welcome
• 抵拒dǐ jùto resist; to stand up to
• 遭拒zāo jùto meet with a refusal (e.g. visa); to have an application rejected
• 不可抗拒bù kě kàng jùact of God; force majeure (law); irresistible (idiom)
• 深闭固拒shēn bì gù jùdeep, closed and refusing (idiom); obstinate; stubborn and perverse
• 撑拒chēng jùto resist; to struggle; to sustain
• 十动然拒shí dòng rán jùto reject sb after being deeply touched by them (Internet slang)
• 前门拒虎，后门进狼qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn lángto beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom)…

Characters built on 巨

These share the phonetic component 巨 (jù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 距jùto be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 矩jǔcarpenter's square; rule; regulation
• 炬jùtorch
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names
• 苣jùused in 莴苣

Characters that look like 拒

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 报bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
• 拥yōngto hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm
• 驱qūto expel; to urge on; to drive
• 拍pāito pat; to clap; to slap
• 狈bèia legendary wolf; distressed; wretched
• 抠kōuto dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed); to carve; to cut…

Sounds the same

Read jù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 句sentence; clause; phrase
• 据according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 具tool; device; utensil
• 距to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 剧theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute
• 聚to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
• 巨very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (colloquial) very; extremely
• 俱(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 惧to fear
• 锯a saw; to saw
• 足excessive
• 炬torch