不予【bùyǔ】

不予 refuses an action in official language: rules, notices, contracts, decisions by a school, a company or an office. A two-syllable verb follows it, and the thing refused usually goes in front as the topic.

Who says it

不予 comes from whoever holds the decision. Between people, the same refusal is plain 不 + verb.

• × 我不予去你家 → 我不去你家

A verb has to follow

不予 refuses to do something; it doesn't mean "not give". Learners read 予 as "give" and put a noun straight after it.

• × 学校不予他证书 → 学校不予颁发证书 / 学校不给他发证书
• × 不予退 → 不予退还

Verbs that go with it are formal two-syllable ones: 受理, 批准, 退还, 考虑, 承认, 采用, 报销, 办理, 处分, 评论.