tuī

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Definitions

  1. 1. to push
  2. 2. to cut
  3. 3. to refuse
  4. 4. to reject
  5. 5. to decline
  6. 6. to shirk (responsibility)
  7. 7. to put off
  8. 8. to delay
  9. 9. to push forward
  10. 10. to nominate
  11. 11. to elect
  12. 12. massage

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 推

推出
tuī chū

to push out

推动
tuī dòng

to push (for acceptance of a plan)

推卸
tuī xiè

to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck

推广
tuī guǎng

to extend

推敲
tuī qiāo

to think over

推断
tuī duàn

to infer

推测
tuī cè

speculation

推理
tuī lǐ

reasoning

推移
tuī yí

(of time) to elapse or pass

推算
tuī suàn

to calculate

推翻
tuī fān

to overthrow

推荐
tuī jiàn

to recommend

推行
tuī xíng

to put into effect

推论
tuī lùn

to infer

推辞
tuī cí

to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)

推进
tuī jìn

to impel

推迟
tuī chí

to postpone

推选
tuī xuǎn

to elect

推销
tuī xiāo

to market

推开
tuī kāi

to push open (a gate etc)

一推六二五
yī tuī liù èr wǔ

1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule)

不完全归纳推理
bù wán quán guī nà tuī lǐ

inference by incomplete induction

互相推诿
hù xiāng tuī wěi

mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other

介之推
jiè zhī tuī

Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[jìn wén gōng], in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明[qīng míng] (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated

介子推
jiè zǐ tuī

see 介之推[jiè zhī tuī]

以此类推
yǐ cǐ lèi tuī

and so on

公推
gōng tuī

elected by acclamation

助推
zhù tuī

(aerospace) to boost

助推火箭
zhù tuī huǒ jiàn

booster rocket

半推半就
bàn tuī bàn jiù

half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance

古根罕喷气推进研究中心
gǔ gēn hǎn pēn qì tuī jìn yán jiū zhōng xīn

Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT, from 1926)

喷气推进实验室
pēn qì tuī jìn shí yàn shì

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, R&D center in Pasadena, California

喷漆推进
pēn qī tuī jìn

jet propulsion

外推
wài tuī

to extrapolate

外推法
wài tuī fǎ

extrapolation (math.)

婴儿手推车
yīng ér shǒu tuī chē

baby buggy

完全归纳推理
wán quán guī nà tuī lǐ

inference by complete induction

层压式推销
céng yā shì tuī xiāo

pyramid scheme

手推车
shǒu tuī chē

trolley

扎实推进
zhā shi tuī jìn

solid progress

推三阻四
tuī sān zǔ sì

to use all sorts of excuses

推介
tuī jiè

promotion

推介会
tuī jiè huì

promotional seminar

推估
tuī gū

to estimate

推来推去
tuī lái tuī qù

(idiom) to rudely push and pull others

推倒
tuī dǎo

to push over

推力
tuī lì

driving force; impetus; thrust (of a boat or airplane engine); repelling force

推助
tuī zhù

to bolster

推动力
tuī dòng lì

driving force

推升
tuī shēng

to cause (prices etc) to rise

推却
tuī què

to repel

推及
tuī jí

to spread; to extend

推友
tuī yǒu

Twitter user

推问
tuī wèn

to interrogate

推土机
tuī tǔ jī

bulldozer

推子
tuī zi

hair clippers

推宕
tuī dàng

to postpone

推官
tuī guān

prefectural judge (in imperial China)

推定
tuī dìng

to infer; to consider and come to a judgment

推尊
tuī zūn

to esteem

推寻
tuī xún

to examine

推导
tuī dǎo

derivation

推展
tuī zhǎn

to propagate

推崇
tuī chóng

to esteem

推度
tuī duó

to infer; to guess

推延
tuī yán

to procrastinate

推后
tuī hòu

to push back (progress, the times etc)

推心
tuī xīn

to treat sincerely

推心置腹
tuī xīn zhì fù

to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence

推恩
tuī ēn

to extend kindness

推想
tuī xiǎng

to reckon

推戴
tuī dài

to endorse (sb for leader)

推手
tuī shǒu

promoter

推托
tuī tuō

to make excuses

推拉门
tuī lā mén

sliding door

推拿
tuī ná

tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)

推挽
tuī wǎn

to push and pull

推推搡搡
tuī tuī sǎng sǎng

to push and shove

推搡
tuī sǎng

to shove

推搪
tuī táng

to offer excuses (colloquial)

推故
tuī gù

to find a pretext for refusing

推文
tuī wén

tweet (on Twitter)

推斥
tuī chì

(physics) to repulse; repulsion

推斥力
tuī chì lì

(physics) repulsive force

推服
tuī fú

to esteem

推本溯源
tuī běn sù yuán

to go back to the source

推杆
tuī gān

push rod or tappet (mechanics)

推求
tuī qiú

to inquire

推油
tuī yóu

oil massage

推波助澜
tuī bō zhù lán

to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum

推溯
tuī sù

to trace back to

推演
tuī yǎn

to deduce

推特
tuī tè

Twitter (microblogging service)

推理小说
tuī lǐ xiǎo shuō

murder mystery (novel)

推甄
tuī zhēn

to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school

推知
tuī zhī

to infer

推究
tuī jiū

to study

推索
tuī suǒ

to inquire into

推而广之
tuī ér guǎng zhī

to apply sth more broadly

推脱
tuī tuō

to evade

推举
tuī jǔ

to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend

推荐信
tuī jiàn xìn

recommendation letter

推荐书
tuī jiàn shū

recommendation letter

推衍
tuī yǎn

to deduce

推计
tuī jì

to estimate

推许
tuī xǔ

to esteem

推详
tuī xiáng

to study in detail

推说
tuī shuō

to plead

推诿
tuī wěi

to shirk responsibility

推贤让能
tuī xián ràng néng

to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)

推车
tuī chē

cart

推车发动
tuī chē fā dòng

to push-start (a car)

推送
tuī sòng

server push (computing)

推进剂
tuī jìn jì

propellant

推进器
tuī jìn qì

propeller

推进机
tuī jìn jī

see 推進器|推进器[tuī jìn qì]

推进舱
tuī jìn cāng

propulsion module

推重
tuī zhòng

to esteem

推销员
tuī xiāo yuán

sales representative

推阐
tuī chǎn

to elucidate

推陈布新
tuī chén bù xīn

advancing all the time

推陈致新
tuī chén zhì xīn

see 推陳出新|推陈出新[tuī chén chū xīn]

推头
tuī tóu

to clip hair

新产品推介会
xīn chǎn pǐn tuī jiè huì

product launch event

有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò

lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)

核推进
hé tuī jìn

nuclear propulsion

归纳推理
guī nà tuī lǐ

inductive reasoning

沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn

to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)

波推
bō tuī

see 胸推[xiōng tuī]

火箭推进榴弹
huǒ jiàn tuī jìn liú dàn

rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)

无罪推定
wú zuì tuī dìng

presumption of innocence (law)

墙倒众人推
qiáng dǎo zhòng rén tuī

lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom)

硬推
yìng tuī

to shove

经不起推究
jīng bù qǐ tuī jiū

does not bear examination

胸推
xiōng tuī

massage using one's breasts

臀推
tún tuī

massage using one's buttocks

卧推
wò tuī

bench press

借词推搪
jiè cí tuī táng

to make a lot of excuses

购物手推车
gòu wù shǒu tuī chē

shopping cart

递推
dì tuī

recursion

递推公式
dì tuī gōng shì

recurrence formula

递推关系
dì tuī guān xì

recurrence relation

长江后浪推前浪
cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng

lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom)

非递推
fēi dì tuī

nonrecursive

顺水推舟
shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu

lit. to push the boat with the current

顺水推船
shùn shuǐ tuī chuán

lit. to push the boat with the current

预期推理
yù qī tuī lǐ

predictive inference

类推
lèi tuī

to reason by analogy

首推
shǒu tuī

to regard as the foremost