推舉

Chinese

		push; refuse (responsibility); shove	to lift; to hold up; to cite to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect
trad. (推舉)		推	舉
simp. (推举)		推	举

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuījǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟ ㄐㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi¹ geoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thui-kí / thui-kú / thui-kí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuījǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟ ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tueijyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui¹-chü³
    • Yale: twēi-jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueijeu
    • Palladius: туйцзюй (tujczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi¹ geoi²
    • Yale: tēui géui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey¹ goey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu¹ gêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-kí
    • Tâi-lô: thui-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tui'kie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui³³ ki⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-kú
    • Tâi-lô: thui-kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tui'kuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-kí
    • Tâi-lô: thui-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tui'kie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁵³/

Verb

推舉

1. to elect; to choose
2. to clean and press (as of weightlifting)

Synonyms

• (to elect):

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• 介紹 / 介绍 (jièshào)
• 保舉 / 保举 (bǎojǔ) (literary, to recommend somebody for a post with one's personal guarantee)
• 保薦 / 保荐 (bǎojiàn) (literary, to recommend someone for a promotion)
• 建議 / 建议 (jiànyì)
• 引薦 / 引荐 (yǐnjiàn)
• 引進 / 引进 (yǐnjìn)
• 推薦 / 推荐 (tuījiàn)
• 推選 / 推选 (tuīxuǎn)
• 提議 / 提议 (tíyì)
• 舉薦 / 举荐 (jǔjiàn)
• 薦舉 / 荐举 (jiànjǔ)