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tuī

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tuī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tuī | tui1
English translation
to push
to cut
to refuse
to reject
to decline
to shirk (responsibility)
to put off
to delay
to push forward
to nominate
to elect
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to push; to expel; to drive; to decline

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About tuī

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

tuī

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of tuī

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌隹

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

zhuī

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and zhuī represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tuī

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我们 wǒmen 需要 xūyào 壮汉 tuī zhè liàng Chē .

We need several sturdy men to push this car.

Cóng 桌子 zhuōzi 那边 nà bian Qián Cháo tuī 过来 guò lái .

He pushed the money towards me across the table.

为什么 wèishénme zǒng xiǎng 责任 zérèn tuī dào 身上 shēn shang ne ?

Why are you trying to put the blame on me?

手柄 shǒu bǐng hěn 灵活 línghuó ,必须 bìxū 用力 yòng lì tuī 才能 cái néng 转动 zhuǎn dòng .

You have to push on the handle to turn it — it's very stiff.

他们 tā men 一直 yīzhí xiǎng 所有 suǒyǒu 讨厌 tǎoyàn de 工作 gōngzuò 再次 zài cì wǎng 身上 shēn shang tuī .

They've been trying to push all the unpleasant jobs on me again.

Words with tuī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tuī to push tuī
推荐 tuījiàn to recommend推薦
推出 tuī chū to push out推出 tuī chū
推进 tuī jìn to impel推進
推动 tuī dòng to promote推動
推广 tuīguǎng to extend推廣
推测 tuīcè speculation推測
推销 tuīxiāo to market推銷
推迟 tuīchí to postpone推遲
推翻 tuīfān to overthrow推翻 tuīfān
推行 tuī xíng to carry out推行 tuī xíng
推断 tuī duàn to infer推斷
推理 tuīlǐ reasoning推理 tuīlǐ
推开 tuī kāi to push away推開
推销员 tuī xiāo yuán salesperson推銷員
推倒 tuī dǎo to push over推倒 tuī dǎo
推进器 tuī jìn qì propeller推進器
推荐信 tuī jiàn xìn recommendation letter推薦信
手推车 shǒu tuī chē trolley手推車
推论 tuīlùn to infer推論
推崇 tuī chóng to esteem推崇 tuī chóng
推土机 tuī tǔ jī bulldozer推土機
推移 tuī yí (of time) to elapse or pass推移 tuī yí
推卸 tuī xiè to shift (the blame)推卸 tuī xiè

tuī Decomposition & Compounds

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tuī Decomposition

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tuī Compounds

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