推 tuī
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
推辞
tuīcí
to decline; to refuse politely
Characters in this word
辞 cí
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 舌 — tongue
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 面对记者的追问，他以身体不适为由推辞了采访。 Miànduì jìzhě de zhuīwèn, tā yǐ shēntǐ bú shì wéi yóu tuīcí le cǎifǎng. Facing repeated questions from reporters, he declined the interview on the grounds of feeling unwell.
- 盛情难却，我实在不好意思推辞。 Shèngqíng nán què, wǒ shízài bù hǎoyìsi tuīcí. With such warm hospitality, I really couldn't bring myself to decline.
- 他推辞不过，只好收下这份礼物。 Tā tuīcí bú guò, zhǐhǎo shōuxià zhè fèn lǐwù. Unable to refuse after so much insistence, he had no choice but to accept the gift.
Related words
- 推 tuī to push
- 推动 tuīdòng to push forward; to promote
- 推广 tuīguǎng to promote; to spread
- 推进 tuījìn to advance; to push forward
- 推开 tuīkāi to push open; to push away
- 推迟 tuīchí to postpone
- 推销 tuīxiāo to promote and sell
- 推行 tuīxíng to carry out; to put into practice
- 推测 tuīcè to speculate, to guess
- 推崇 tuīchóng to esteem highly; to advocate
- 推断 tuīduàn to infer; to deduce
- 推翻 tuīfān to overthrow; to overturn; to refute