Meaning
carry (suspended); to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting)
Chinese: 提出、提起。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ti” becomes a different word in each tone. 提 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 提出tí chūto raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest
- 提高tí gāoto raise; to increase; to improve
- 提到tí dàoto mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
- 提前tí qiánto shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance
- 提问tí wènto question; to quiz; to grill
Example Sentence
他提着一个很重的箱子。Tā tí zhe yí ge hěn zhòng de xiāng zi.He is carrying a very heavy box.
他Tāhe提títo carry (hanging down fro着zhe(ongoing action)一个yí gea很hěnvery重zhòngheavy的deof箱子xiāng zisuitcase。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The hand radical 扌 (meaning) plus 是 (shì, sound): to lift and carry in the hand — ‘to carry / raise / bring up’.
A way to remember it
A hand (扌) + the sound 是 — to lift.
Easy to confuse with
- 是‘To be’: the right-hand sound part of 提, on its own.