拒绝jù juéto refuse; to decline; to reject

1. 1.

   to refuse; to decline; to rejectverb

• 拒to refuse
• 绝to cut short

拒绝 can be followed by a noun, as in 拒绝要求, or a verb, as in 拒绝回答.

1. HSK 7–9

   我不想拒绝他。

   Wǒ bù xiǎng jùjué tā.

   I don't want to turn him down.

2. HSK 7–9

   他拒绝回答这个问题。

   Tā jùjué huídá zhège wèntí.

   He refuses to answer this question.

3. HSK 7–9

   她拒绝了我的要求。

   Tā jùjué le wǒ de yāoqiú.

   She turned down my request.

1. 
   Speaker A:

   你妹妹找到工作了吗？

   Nǐ mèimei zhǎodào gōngzuò le ma?

   Has your younger sister found a job?

2. 
   Speaker B:

   有一家公司要她，可是她拒绝了。

   Yǒu yì jiā gōngsī yào tā, kěshì tā jùjué le.

   A company wants her, but she turned it down.

3. 
   Speaker A:

   为什么拒绝？

   Wèishénme jùjué?

   Why does she turn it down?

4. 
   Speaker B:

   那家公司离家太远了。

   Nà jiā gōngsī lí jiā tài yuǎn le.

   That company is too far from home.

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Related words

• 接受jiē shòuto acceptHSK 4
• 答应dā yingto answer; to respondHSK 4
• 同意tóng yìto agreeHSK 3
• 举jǔto liftHSK 4
• 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn overHSK 4
• 产生chǎn shēngto arise; to come into being; to come aboutHSK 4

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