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 13899 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
See all 54 compounds (CantoDict reports 59 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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.
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Decimal representation of this word: 推
Unicode code for this character: U+63a8 (off-site link)

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