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推辞

tuī cí

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 推辭

推辞 (tuī cí) means "to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 推辞 means

1. to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)

The characters in 推辞

• 推tuīto push; to cut; to refuse
• 辞cíto resign; to dismiss; to decline

Example sentences

• 虽受邀参加今晚一个精彩万分的派对，奈何明日不得不打起精神出席会议，只好推辞了。
  Suī shòu yāo cānjiā jīnwǎn yī gè jīngcǎi wànfēn de pàiduì, nàihé míngrì bùdébù dǎ qǐ jīngshén chūxí huìyì, zhǐhǎo tuīcí le.
  I got an invitation to a party tonight that I know would be a lot of fun but I have to be in my best form for tomorrow's meeting so I had to turn it down.

Where 推辞 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Requests, Celebration & Hosting (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tuī cí correctly.
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