推
Meanings
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- 1.to push
- 2.to cut
- 3.to refuse
- 4.to reject
- 5.to decline
- 6.to shirk (responsibility)
- 7.to put off
- 8.to delay
- 9.to push forward
- 10.to nominate
- 11.to elect
- 12.massage
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Wiktionary
- 1.to push
- 2.to postpone; to delay
- 3.to put aside; to push away; to dismiss; to explain away
- 4.to prompt; to propel
- 5.to promote; to advertise; to advocate
- 6.to nominate; to recommend
- 7.to generalize; to broaden
- 8.to infer; to deduce
- 9.to derive; to reason; to compute
- 10.to proceed; to succeed; to form a procession
- 11.to bump a thread in support; to "push"
- 12.being a devoted fan of [someone]; to support [someone] (in an idol group; etc.)
- 13.oshi; favourite idol
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tʰuːl, *tʰjul): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul) – push with the hand. Middle Chinese distinguishes 推 (MC thwoj, “to push”) and 推 (MC tsrhwij, “to proceed; to promote; to deduce”). Older Mandarin dictionaries give chuī (the Mandarin reflex of 推 (MC tsrhwij)) as a variant reading for all senses, while Cantonese dictionaries only assign ceoi1 to the "to deduce" sense (e.g. in 推測 (“to surmise”)). Most modern Sinitic varieties use the reflexes of 推 (MC thwoj) for all meanings, while Sino-Xenic use the reflexes of 推 (MC tsrhwij) (in Korean, however, the reflex of 推 (MC thwoj) is also used in a few words). Some varieties (including certain Hakka, Min, and sometimes Yue dialects) preserve both readings, but not necessarily disambiguate them by meaning. Outside of Sinitic, Schuessler (2007) adduces Chepang दुस् (“to push away, shove”) as a cognate. Note also similarities to Burmese တိုး (tui:, “to push, shove, advance”). See also 揣 (MC tsrhjweX|twaX). ; “to support”; “oshi”
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Components
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Example sentences
我們推了車。
We gave the car a push.
他當推銷員為生。
He makes a living as a salesman.
她輕輕地推了門。
She gave the door a gentle push.
有人推我到裡面。
Someone pushed me inside.
我被誤認為是推銷員。
I was mistaken for a salesman.
那是一個很棒的推桿。
That was an excellent putt.
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