推
辞

To decline (an appointment, invitation etc) in Chinese: 推辞 (tuī cí)

tuī cí

to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)

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

Definitions

  1. 1to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)

Stroke order

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推
辞

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ㄊㄨㄟ

tuī

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

ㄘˊ

cí

ㄘ/ cˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

推辞

Simplified

推辭

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 大家再三邀请，他不好推辞。

    dà jiā zài sān yāo qǐng， tā bù hǎo tuī cí。

    Everyone invited him again and again, so it was hard to decline.

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Related words

推

tuī

to push

辞

cí

to resign

推迟

tuī chí

to postpone

辞职

cí zhí

to resign

推广

tuī guǎng

to extend

推荐

tuī jiàn

to recommend

推动

tuī dòng

to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan)

推进

tuī jìn

to impel

推开

tuī kāi

to push open (a gate etc)

推销

tuī xiāo

to market

辞典

cí diǎn

dictionary (variant of 词典)

推行

tuī xíng

to put into effect

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