提 (tai4 | ti2 di1) : carry; lift; put forward; mention; withdraw

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提

tai4

ti2 di1

[粵] tai4 [國] ti2
[1] [v] carry sth with the arm hanging down
[2] [v] lift; raise; promote; elevate
[3] [v] put forward; propose; move up a date
[4] [v] mention; bring up; refer to
[5] [v] withdraw; take out; extract
[6] [v] summon (a prisoner) for interrogation
[7] [n] rising stroke in Chinese characters | [variant] 挑

[粵] tai4 [國] di1
[v] used in such terms as 提防, 提溜

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Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 扌 (#64)

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

提

Don't confuse with:
堤

This word has been viewed 16252 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Mar 2014 10:40

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手提 sau2 tai4 shou3 ti2 = portable

提出 tai4 ceot1 ti2 chu1 = to propose; to bring up

提高 tai4 gou1 ti2 gao1 = to raise up

提早 tai4 zou2 ti2 zao3 = in advance; ahead of time

提心吊膽 tai4 sam1 diu3 daam2 ti2 xin1 diao4 dan3 = be scared

隻字不提 zek3 zi6 bat1 tai4 zhi1 zi4 bu4 ti2 = not a word of

手提電腦 sau2 tai4 din6 nou5 shou3 ti2 dian4 nao3 = [1] portable computer; laptop; notebook computer

手提電話 sau2 tai4 din6 waa6*2 = mobile telephone

提款機 tai4 fun2 gei1 ti2 kuan3 ji1 = ATM

提醒 tai4 seng2 ti2 xing3 = to remind; to make aware; to inform
See all 81 compounds (CantoDict reports 83 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 8 examples containing 提

唔記得帶手提電話添！粵
Oh! I've forgotten to bring my mobile phone.

部手提電話冇晒電。粵
The mobile phone is out of battery.

我將個手提電話擺喺度粵
I put my mobile phone here

嗰部手提電話壞咗粵
That mobile phone is broken.
[As in malfunctioning rather than being physically smashed.]

生產效率大大提高。
Productivity has risen greatly.

提子係斷斤賣架粵
The grapes are sold according to their weight.

提起件事我就覺得唏噓粵
Bringing up that issue makes me feel sad.

呢兩件事係打邊爐同打屎窟，邊可以相提並論粵
These two issues are as different as chalk is from cheese, how can they be put together and be compared at all?

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