否
决

To veto in Chinese: 否决 (fǒu jué)

fǒu jué

to veto

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 否決1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to veto
  2. 2to overrule

Stroke order

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否
决

Zhuyin

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ㄈㄡˇ

fǒu

ㄈ/ fㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄩㄝˊ

jué

ㄐ/ jㄩ/ üㄝ/ êˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

否决

Simplified

否決

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 大家投票否决了这个提议。

    dà jiā tóu piào fǒu jué le zhè ge tí yì。

    Everyone voted to reject this proposal.

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Related words

解决

jiě jué

to solve

决定

jué dìng

to decide (to do something)

否则

fǒu zé

otherwise

否定

fǒu dìng

to negate

否认

fǒu rèn

to declare to be untrue

坚决

jiān jué

firm

决赛

jué sài

finals (of a competition)

决心

jué xīn

determination

是否

shì fǒu

whether (or not)

决不

jué bù

not at all

决策

jué cè

strategic decision

能否

néng fǒu

whether or not

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