HSK 4 · Verbs

提 tí “to carry” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 提 means

  1. to carry
  2. to raise
  3. to mention
  4. to carry (hanging down from the hand)
  5. to lift
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to put forward
  • to raise (an issue)
  • upwards character stroke

How to say 提

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale提tí2nd tone, rising

提 in a sentence

  1. 我要他提行李箱。

    Wǒ yào tā tí xínglǐxiāng.

    I asked him to carry the suitcase.

    Sentence #848723 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他提了个问题。

    Tā tí le ge wèntí.

    He raised a question.

    Sentence #2561521 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 永远别再提它了。

    Yǒngyuǎn bié zài tí tā le.

    Don’t ever mention that again.

    Sentence #9178020 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 提 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 提 (tí) with each of its parts in a different colour
提títo carry
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 是to be · shìSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 是 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tí.

How to write 提

提 12 strokes

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提 (tí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 提 (tí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 提

Words with 提

提高tígāo · to raise提醒tíxǐng · to remind提供tígōng · to offer提前tíqián · to bring forward提出tíchū · to put forward提问tíwèn · to question提倡tíchàng · to promote提纲tígāng · outline提示tíshì · to prompt提议tíyì · to propose

More words: Common Verbs

抬tái · to lift躺tǎng · to recline趟tàng · measure word for trips: a trip弹钢琴tángāngqín · to play the piano提供tígōng · to offer停tíng · to stop提前tíqián · to bring forward通过tōngguò · to pass through

FAQs

提 (tí) means “to carry” or “to raise”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tí: tí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 提 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ti with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 提 from the suggestions. Typing ti into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
提 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.