绝 (jué) means Absolutely (cut off - childless - extinct). Below are 24 of the 25 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他拒 绝 了我的邀请。
Tā jùjué le wǒ de yāoqǐng.
He turned down my invitation.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 拒绝
门口写着谢 绝 参观。
Ménkǒu xiězhe xièjué cānguān.
A sign at the door says no visitors.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 谢绝
世上没有 绝 对的公平。
Shì shàng méiyǒu juéduì de gōngpíng.
There is no absolute fairness in the world.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 绝对
她的眼神里透着 绝 望。
Tā de yǎnshén lǐ tòuzhe jué wàng.
Despair showed in her eyes.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 绝望
来参观的人络绎不 绝 。
Lái cānguān de rén luòyìbùjué.
Visitors came in an endless stream.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 络绎不绝
他谢 绝 了所有的邀请。
Tā xièjué le suǒyǒu de yāoqǐng.
He politely declined all the invitations.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 谢绝
他斩钉截铁地拒 绝 了。
Tā zhǎn dīng jié tiě de jùjué le.
He refused flatly and decisively.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 斩钉截铁
他有正当的理由拒 绝 。
Tā yǒu zhèngdàng de lǐyóu jùjué.
He has legitimate grounds for refusing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 正当
你也可以拒 绝 他的要求。
Nǐ yě kěyǐ jùjué tā de yāoqiú.
You can also refuse his request.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 拒绝
这种动物已经濒临灭 绝 。
Zhè zhǒng dòngwù yǐjīng bīnlín mièjué.
This animal is already on the verge of extinction.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 濒临
这项制度旨在杜 绝 浪费。
Zhè xiàng zhìdù zhǐ zài dùjué làngfèi.
This system aims to put an end to waste.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 杜绝
开车前 绝 对不能碰酒精。
Kāichē qián juéduì bù néng pèng jiǔjīng.
One must absolutely not touch alcohol before driving.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 酒精
说起足球，他滔滔不 绝 。
Shuō qǐ zúqiú, tā tāotāo bù jué.
Once on the subject of football he talks non-stop.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 滔滔不绝
那场演出的盛况空前 绝 后。
Nà chǎng yǎnchū de shèngkuàng kōngqiánjuéhòu.
The splendour of that performance was without precedent or sequel.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 空前绝后
他们已经断 绝 来往很多年了。
Tāmen yǐjīng duànjué láiwǎng hěn duō nián le.
They broke off contact many years ago.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 断绝
这个纪录几乎是空前 绝 后的。
Zhège jìlù jīhū shì kōngqiánjuéhòu de.
This record is very nearly unmatched before or since.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 空前绝后
节日里街上的车辆络绎不 绝 。
Jiérì lǐ jiē shang de chēliàng luòyìbùjué.
During the holiday there was an unbroken flow of traffic in the street.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 络绎不绝
他滔滔不 绝 地讲了一个小时。
Tā tāotāo bù jué de jiǎng le yí ge xiǎoshí.
He talked without pause for an hour.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 滔滔不绝
只有加强管理才能杜 绝 这种现象。
Zhǐyǒu jiāqiáng guǎnlǐ cái néng dùjué zhè zhǒng xiànxiàng.
Only tighter management can stamp this out.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 杜绝
洪水使这个村子断 绝 了对外联系。
Hóngshuǐ shǐ zhège cūnzi duànjué le duìwài liánxì.
The flood cut this village off from the outside world.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 断绝
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From the graded readers
那一刻我忽然明白：不懂得拒 绝 的人，时间是不值钱的。
nà / nèi yīkè wǒ hūrán míngbai: bù dǒngde jùjué de / dì rén, shíjiān shì bùzhí qián de / dì.
In that moment I understood: for someone who can't refuse, their time is worth nothing.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
我这才知道，真正尊重你的人，不会因为一次拒 绝 就离开。
wǒ zhè / zhèi cái zhīdào, zhēnzhèng zūnzhòng nǐ de rén, bùhuì yīnwèi yīcì jùjué jiù líkāi.
That was when I learned that people who genuinely respect you don't leave over one refusal.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
绝 appears in 25 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 绝
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 绝
How is 绝 used in a sentence?
This page shows 25 sentences using 绝 (jué, "Absolutely (cut off - childless - extinct)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 绝 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 绝 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 绝?
The dictionary page for 绝 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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