Meaning
push; refuse (responsibility); shove
Chinese: 推动、推开或推辞。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “tui” becomes a different word in each tone. 推 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 推进tuī jìnto impel; to carry forward; to push on; to advance
- 推动tuī dòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
- 推广tuī guǎngto extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization
- 推开tuī kāito push open (a gate etc); to push away; to reject; to decline
- 推出tuī chūto push out; to release; to launch; to publish
Example Sentence
请用力把门推开。Qǐng yòng lì bǎ mén tuī kāi.Please push the door open with force.
请Qǐngto ask用力yòng lìto exert oneself physicall把门bǎ ménto stand as a goalkeeper推开tuī kāito push open (a gate etc)。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The hand radical 扌 (meaning) plus 隹 (zhuī, sound): to press forward with the hand — ‘to push’.
A way to remember it
A hand (扌) pressing forward — to push.
Easy to confuse with
- 接‘To connect’: also the hand radical 扌, but with 妾 as the sound.