HSK 6 · Work

提拔 tíbá “to promote (to a higher post)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 提拔 means

  1. to promote (to a higher post)
  2. to promote to a higher job
  3. to select for promotion

How to say 提拔

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale提tí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale拔bá2nd tone, rising

提拔 in a sentence

  1. 他工作很努力，很快被提拔为经理。

    Tā gōngzuò hěn nǔlì, hěn kuài bèi tíbá wéi jīnglǐ.

    He works very hard and was soon promoted to manager.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 公司喜欢提拔年轻人。

    Gōngsī xǐhuan tíbá niánqīngrén.

    The company likes to promote young people.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 提拔 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.

The character 拔 (bá) with each of its parts in a different colour
拔báto pull up
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 犮to pull up · báSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 犮 (bá) hints at the sound. Compare it with bá.

How to write 提拔

提 12 strokes · 拔 8 strokes

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

Words related to 提拔

Words with 提

提高tígāo · to raise提tí · to carry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

Words with 拔

海拔hǎibá · height above sea level选拔xuǎnbá · to select (the best)挺拔tǐngbá · tall and straight拔苗助长bámiáozhùzhǎng · to spoil things through haste (lit. pull shoots to help growth)

More words: Work & Career

事务shìwù · affairs事业shìyè · career手艺shǒuyì · craftsmanship书记shūji · secretary (of a party committee)徒弟túdì · apprentice外行wàiháng · layman委托wěituō · to entrust委员wěiyuán · committee member

FAQs

提拔 (tíbá) means “to promote (to a higher post)” or “to promote to a higher job”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tíbá: tí with a 2nd tone, then bá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 提拔 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiba with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 提拔 from the suggestions. Typing tiba into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
提拔 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.