诿

wěi

wěispelled as ui · 3rd tone — spelling rules

to shirk · to give excuses

Radical: 讠 Strokes: 10

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

语说论词计诗调话记识议谢

Same radical

语说论词计诗调话记识议谢谈证谋

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Character Decomposition

诿=讠+委

Etymology

speech

Meanings

to shirk

to give excuses

wěi

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Words with 诿 20 total

to put the blame on sb else诿过wěi guò to shirk responsibility · to blame others · to pass the buck推诿tuī wěi mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other · passing the buck to and fro · each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other互相推诿hù xiāng tuī wěi

Idioms with 诿 1 total Chain

mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other · passing the buck to and fro · each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other互相推诿hù xiāng tuī wěi