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绝

jué

HSK 4 Character Traditional 絕

What 绝 means

1. to cut short
2. extinct
3. to disappear
4. to vanish
5. absolutely
6. by no means

Other readings

绝 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• juévariant of {绝|jué}

Example sentences

• 我拒绝。
  I must decline.
• 绝对不行！
  Absolutely not!
• 他绝不高傲。
  Tā juébù gāo'ào.
  He is free from pride.
• 我处在绝境。
  Wǒ chǔzài juéjìng.
  I'm in a desperate situation.
• 绝对不饶你！
  Juéduì bù ráo nǐ!
  You won't be spared!
• 绝对不可能。
  It's out of the question.

Words starting with 绝

• 绝对jué duìabsolute; unconditional
• 绝望jué wàngto despair; to give up all hope; desperate
• 绝不jué bùin no way; not in the least; absolutely not
• 绝大多数jué dà duō shùthe vast majority
• 绝食jué shíto go on a hunger strike
• 绝大部分jué dà bù fenoverwhelming majority
• 绝非jué fēiabsolutely not
• 绝招jué zhāounique skill; unexpected tricky move (as a last resort); masterstroke
• 绝妙jué miàoexquisite
• 绝症jué zhèngincurable disease; terminal illness
• 绝世jué shìunique; exceptional
• 绝技jué jìconsummate skill; supreme feat; tour-de-force
• 绝密jué mìtop secret
• 绝顶jué dǐng(lit. and fig.) summit; peak; extremely; utterly
• 绝色jué sè(of a woman) remarkably beautiful; stunning
• 绝无仅有jué wú jǐn yǒuone and only (idiom); rarely seen; unique of its kind
• 绝境jué jìngdesperate straits
• 绝活jué huóspecialty; unique skill
• 绝情jué qíngheartless; without regard for others' feelings
• 绝缘jué yuánto have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate
• 绝迹jué jìto be eradicated; to vanish; extinct
• 绝伦jué lúnoutstanding; peerless; beyond compare
• 绝代jué dàipeerless; unmatched in his generation; incomparable (talent, beauty)
• 绝句jué jùquatrain (poetic form)

Words containing 绝

• 拒绝jù juéto refuse; to decline; to reject
• 谢绝xiè juéto refuse politely
• 滔滔不绝tāo tāo bù jué(idiom) to produce a torrent of words; to talk on and on
• 断绝duàn juéto sever; to break off
• 杜绝dù juéto put an end to
• 络绎不绝luò yì bù jué(idiom) continuously; in an endless stream
• 空前绝后kōng qián jué hòuunprecedented and never to be duplicated; the first and the last; unmatched
• 灭绝miè juéto become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate
• 不绝bù juéunending; uninterrupted
• 隔绝gé juéto cut off; to isolate; isolated (from the world)
• 回绝huí juéto rebuff; to refuse; to turn down
• 赞不绝口zàn bù jué kǒuto praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven
• 深恶痛绝shēn wù tòng juéto detest bitterly (idiom); implacable hatred; to abhor
• 与世隔绝yǔ shì gé juéto be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
• 不绝于耳bù jué yú ěr(of sound) to never stop; to fall incessantly on the ear; to linger on
• 欲绝yù juéheartbroken; inconsolable
• 决绝jué juéto sever all relations with sb; determined; decisive
• 悲痛欲绝bēi tòng yù jué(idiom) to be overcome with grief
• 连绵不绝lián mián bù jué(idiom) continuous; unending
• 惨绝人寰cǎn jué rén huánextremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality
• 做绝zuò juéto go to extremes; to leave no room for maneuver
• 根绝gēn juéto eradicate
• 死绝sǐ juéto die out; to be exterminated; to become extinct
• 杀绝shā juéto exterminate

Characters that look like 绝

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

• 给gěito; for; for the benefit of
• 练liànto practice; to train; to drill
• 逃táoto escape; to run away; to flee
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker
• 艳yànbright; fresh and attractive; glamorous; (bound form) amorous; romantic…
• 桤qīalder

Sounds the same

Read jué, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 觉to feel; to find that; thinking
• 决to decide; to determine; to execute (sb)
• 掘to dig
• 倔used in 倔强
• 爵ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
• 角role (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel
• 脚role (variant of 角
• 诀to bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula…
• 厥to faint; to lose consciousness; his
• 蕨Pteridium aquilinum; bracken
• 攫to seize; to snatch; to grab
• 崛towering as a peak