推 (teoi1 | tui1) : push; promote; elect; decline; postpone

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推

teoi1

tui1

[1] push; shove; thrust
[2] promote; advance; push forward
[3] elect; recommend; praise highly
[4] decline; reject; refuse
[5] postpone; delay; put off

Stroke count: 11

Level: 1

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

推

Don't confuse with:
堆

This word has been viewed 11406 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Mar 2014 14:13

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推進 teoi1 zeon3 tui1 jin4 = to impel; to advance; to push forward; to give impetus to

推開 teoi1 hoi1 tui1 kai1 = to push open (a gate etc); to push away; to reject, to decline

手推車 sau2 teoi1 ce1 shou3 tui1 che1 = trolley; push-cart; a hand cart; wheelbarrow

推廣 teoi1 gwong2 tui1 guang3 = to promote

推薦 teoi1 zin3 tui1 jian4 = recommend

推遲 teoi1 ci4 tui1 chi2 = to postpone

推動 teoi1 dung6 tui1 dong4 = to push for; to drive; to push forward; to propel; to promote

推測 teoi1 cak1 tui1 ce4 = to speculate; to surmise; conjecture; speculation

推理 teoi1 lei5 tui1 li3 = inference; illation; ratiocination; reasoning

推算 teoi1 syun3 tui1 suan4 = to extrapolate; to calculate; to compute; to reckon

推翻 teoi1 faan1 tui1 fan1 = to overthrow

推行 teoi1 hang4 tui1 xing2 = to carry out; to implement; to put into effect

推論 teoi1 leon6 tui1 lun4 = inference; ratiocination; sequitur; triangulation; extrapolation; deduction; corollary; illation

推辭 teoi1 ci4 tui1 ci2 = to decline (an invitation, appointment, etc.); to reject

推選 teoi1 syun2 tui1 xuan3 = to choose; to elect

推銷 teoi1 siu1 tui1 xiao1 = to market; to sell; to promote

推出 teoi1 ceot1 tui1 chu1 = to release

推動力 teoi1 dung6 lik6 tui1 dong4 li4 = driving force

推倒 teoi1 dou2 tui1 dao3 = push over; repudiate

推斷 teoi1 dyun3 = conclude; deduce; extrapolate; infer

推波助瀾 teoi1 bo1 zo6 laan4 = add fuel to the fire

止推 zi2 teoi1 = thrust

推拿 teoi1 naa4 tui1 na2 = tui na, a hands-on-body treatment using acupressure

推牌九 teoi1 paai4 gau2 = to play dominoes

推介 teoi1 gaai3 = introduce

推搪 teoi1 tong4*2 = dodge, offer an excuse to shirk sb off

推埋去 teoi1 maai4 heoi3 = to push (a thing or person) 粵

核推進 hat6 teoi1 zeon3 he2 tui1 jin4 = nuclear propulsion

推薦信 teoi1 zin3 seon3 tui1 jian4 xin4 = recommendation letter; reference letter

推舉 teoi1 geoi2 tui1 ju3 = elect; choose

推崇 teoi1 sung4 tui1 chong2 = value; accord great importance to

推卸 teoi1 se3 tui1 xie4 = avoid or shift (usu. responsibility)

推來推去 teoi1 loi4 teoi1 heoi3 tui1 lai2 tui1 qu4 = To evade responsibility and push it to others

推土機 teoi1 tou2 gei1 tui1 tu3 ji1 = a bulldozer

推胸 teoi1 hung1 = bench press

推進器 teoi1 zeon3 hei3 tui1 jin4 qi4 = a propellor; a thruster (device, machine)

推卸責任 teoi1 se3 zaak3 jam6 = shift responsibility to other people

層壓式推銷計劃 cang4 aat3 sik1 teoi1 siu1 gai3 waak6 = pyramid selling scheme

上門推銷員 soeng5 mun4*2 teoi1 siu1 jyun4 = door-to-door salesman

類推 leoi6 teoi1 lei4 tui1 = analogy; to analogize

推想 teoi1 soeng2 tui1 xiang3 = to imagine; guess; reckon

順水推舟 seon6 seoi2 teoi1 zau1 = make use of an opportunity to gain one's end (lit., "push the boat along with the current")

推子 teoi1 zi2 tui1 zi5 = hair-clippers; clippers

火箭推進榴彈 fo2 zin3 teoi1 zeon3 lau4 daan6*2 huo3 jian4 tui1 jin4 liu2 dan4 = rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)

推送 teoi1 sung3 tui1 song4 = a propelling movement

推桿 teoi1 gon1 tui1 gan1 = push rod; putter

長江後浪推前浪 coeng4 gong1 hau6 long6 teoi1 cin4 long6 chang2 jiang1 hou4 lang4 tui1 qian2 lang4 = the young ones surpassing the older ones

推擠 teoi1 zai1 tui1 ji3 = elbow; jostle; shove

推陳出新 teoi1 can4 ceot1 san1 tui1 chen2 chu1 xin1 = out with the old, in with the new

預期推理 jyu6 kei4 teoi1 lei5 yu4 qi1 tui1 li3 (PRC), yu4 qi2 tui1 li3 (Taiwan) = predictive inference

推理機 teoi1 lei5 gei1 tui1 li3 ji1 = an Inference Engine

如此類推 jyu4 ci2 leoi6 teoi1 ru2 ci3 lei4 tui1 = and so on; and so forth

推手 teoi1 sau2 tui1 shou3 = pushing hands

推己及人 teoi1 gei2 kap6 jan4 tui1 ji3 ji2 ren2 = put oneself in sb's shoes

Showing 1 example containing 推

自從新聞報道話椰子又好又盛, 呢一帶食肆都食住條水, 推出各種各樣同椰子有關嘅小食。粵
Ever since the news reported that coconuts were good and all, the entire stretch of eateries here seize the opportunity to serve snacks made from coconuts.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137972,137975#msg-137975]

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