拒 (jù): to resist, to repel, to refuse
拒 (jù) is a Chinese character meaning “to resist.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 巨 (phonetic). It ranks #1323 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 拒 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to resist
- to repel
- to refuse
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 拒
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抗拒 | kàng jù | to resist |
| 拒之门外 | jù zhī mén wài | to lock one's door and refuse to see sb |
| 拒捕 | jù bǔ | to resist arrest |
| 来者不拒 | lái zhě bù jù | to refuse nobody (idiom) |
| 拒收 | jù shōu | to reject |
| 拒付 | jù fù | to refuse to accept a payment |
| 婉拒 | wǎn jù | to tactfully decline |
| 十动然拒 | shí dòng rán jù | to reject sb after being deeply touched by them (Internet slang) |
| 拒不接受 | jù bù jiē shòu | refusing to accept |
| 不可抗拒 | bù kě kàng jù | act of God |
| 拒绝服务攻击 | jù jué fú wù gōng jī | (computing) denial-of-service attack (DDOS) |
| 拒接 | jù jiē | to reject |
| 拒保 | jù bǎo | to refuse to insure |
| 前门拒虎，后门进狼 | qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng | to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom) |
| 拒马 | jù mǎ | cheval de frise (a type of barrier) |
拒 appears in 24 compound words: 58 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 4 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 拒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
Example Sentences
他拒绝了对方的提议，坚持自己的想法。
Tā jùjué le duìfāng de tíyì, jiānchí zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ.
He rejected the other party's proposal and stuck to his own ideas.
黄友凤吁警遵循指示 勿以服装为由拒报案
huáng yǒu fèng xū jǐng zūn xún zhǐ shì wù yǐ fú zhuāng wéi yóu jù bào àn
Huang Youfeng called on the police to follow the instructions and not to refuse to report the case on the grounds of clothing
日本高龄评论家拒绝断舍离 杂物堆家中一招堵住女儿嘴
rì běn gāo líng píng lùn jiā jù jué duàn shě lí zá wù duī jiā zhōng yī zhāo dǔ zhù nǚ ér zuǐ
Japan's elderly critic refuses to break away from the clutter pile at home to block his daughter's mouth
...三24次!性爱行事历曝光 人妻试图私了遭拒怒告索偿
. . . sān 2 4 cì ! xìng ài háng shì lì pù guāng rén qī shì tú sī le zāo jù nù gào suǒ cháng
... Three 24 times! The sex calendar was exposed, and the wife tried to be private but was rejected and angrily sued for compensation
马到平安|拒绝 “人从众” 伤害,春节防踩踏 指南....
mǎ dào píng ān jù jué rén cóng zhòng shāng hài , chūn jié fáng cǎi tà zhǐ nán . . . .
Horse to Safety|Refuse "people follow the crowd" harm, Spring Festival anti-stampede guide....
米兰冬奥|选手触壶作弊,场上飚起脏话,拒绝科技辅助..
mǐ lán dōng ào xuǎn shǒu chù hú zuò bì , chǎng shǎng 飚 qǐ zāng huà , jù jué kē jì fǔ zhù . .
Milan Winter Olympics | Athletes touch the pot cheating, the field Biao up swearing, refused to tech-assisted...
汤姆甚至拒绝听我的建议。
Tāngmǔ shènzhì jùjué tīng wǒ de jiànyì.
Tom refused to even listen to my suggestions.
汤姆拒绝提供详细信息。
Tāngmǔ jùjué tígōng xiángxì xìnxī.
Tom declined to give details.
我拒绝使用塑料袋。
Wǒ jùjué shǐyòng sùliàodài.
I refuse to use plastic bags.
你为什么拒绝了他的提议？
Nǐ wèishénme jùjué le tā de tíyì?
Why did you turn down his offer?
Character Family
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