拒付 (jù fù) — to refuse payment; to dishonor (a check or bill)

Definition

verb

to refuse paymentto dishonor (a check or bill)

Easily confused

拒付。
Yín háng jù fù le zhè zhāng zhī piào.
The bank dishonored this check.
拒付。
Tā yīn wèi zhàng hù yú é bù zú ér jù fù le huò kuǎn.
He refused payment for the goods because of insufficient account balance.
拒付。
Gōng sī jù fù le suǒ yǒu wèi zhī fù de fā piào.
The company refused payment on all unpaid invoices.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

付fùpayment

拒 (refuse) and 付 (payment) combine to mean refusing to pay or dishonoring a bill.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌巨拒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

巨

巨jù拒⁰jù

Same sound today

拒 pairs 扌 (hand) with 巨, a part that gives the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

付 pairs 亻 (person) with 又 (hand), showing a person handing something to someone.