tuī

push, expel; push forward

HSK 4 #505

DEFINITIONS

  • push, expel
  • push forward
  • 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
  • massage

STROKES

WORDS

选 tuī xuǎn to elect; to choose; to nominate
算 tuī suàn to calculate; to reckon; to extrapolate (in calculation)
杆 tuī gān push rod or tappet (mechanics); putter (golf); to putt (golf)
敲 tuī qiāo to think over
波助澜 tuī bō zhù lán to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum; to encourage sth to get bigger; to add fuel to the fire
动力 tuī dòng lì driving force
脱 tuī tuō to evade; to shirk
诿 tuī wěi to decline; to avoid; shirking responsibilities; to blame others; to pass the buck; to unload one's responsibilities; to try to get out of a task
顺水舟 shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu lit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
拿 tuī ná tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)
力 tuī lì driving force; impetus; thrust (of a boat or aeroplane engine); repelling force
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; to trust completely; to confide in sb with entire sincerity
介 tuī jiè promotion; to promote; to introduce and recommend
子 tuī zi hair clippers
导 tuī dǎo derivation; to deduce
托 tuī tuō to make excuses; to give an excuse (for not doing something)
lèi tuī to reason by analogy
演 tuī yǎn to deduce; to infer; to derive; an implication
延 tuī yán to procrastinate
以此类 yǐ cǐ lèi tuī and so on; in a similar fashion
想 tuī xiǎng to reckon; to infer; to imagine
陈出新 tuī chén chū xīn to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
手 tuī shǒu promoter; advocate; driving force; pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi)
进剂 tuī jìn jì propellant; rocket fuel
半就 bàn tuī bàn jiù half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance