# 推辞 (tuīcí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 推辞 (tuīcí) means “to decline an invitation”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to decline an invitation
- Pinyin: tuīcí (tui1 ci2)
- Traditional: 推辭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他委婉地推辞了朋友的晚餐邀请。
  Tā wěiwǎn de tuīcí le péngyou de wǎncān yāoqǐng.
  He politely declined the friend's dinner invitation.

## Characters

- [推](https://hanziro.com/word/tui-push/) (tuī): to push; to decline
- [辞](https://hanziro.com/word/ci-resign/) (cí): to resign; to decline

https://hanziro.com/word/tui-ci-decline-invitation/

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