HSK 4 · Verbs

推 tuī “to push” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 推 means

  1. to push
  2. to cut
  3. to refuse
  4. to reject
  5. to decline
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to shirk (responsibility)

How to say 推

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale推tuī1st tone, high and level

推 in a sentence

  1. 他轻轻地推了我一下。

    Tā qīngqīng de tuī le wǒ yíxià.

    He gave me a gentle push.

    Sentence #14023282 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她把他推到游泳池里去了。

    Tā bǎ tā tuī dào yóuyǒngchí lǐ qù le.

    She pushed him into the swimming pool.

    Sentence #13931508 from Tatoeba

  3. 你怎么什么责任都往别人身上推？

    Nǐ zěnme shénme zérèn dōu wǎng biéren shēnshang tuī?

    Why do you always push all the responsibility onto other people?

    Sentence #1759725 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 推 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 推 (tuī) with each of its parts in a different colour
推tuīto push
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with tuī.

How to write 推

推 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 推

Words with 推

推迟tuīchí · to postpone推辞tuīcí · to decline (an offer or invitation)推荐tuījiàn · to recommend推广tuīguǎng · to promote推测tuīcè · to speculate推翻tuīfān · to overthrow推销tuīxiāo · to promote推理tuīlǐ · reasoning推论tuīlùn · inference

More words: Common Verbs

提供tígōng · to offer停tíng · to stop提前tíqián · to bring forward通过tōngguò · to pass through推迟tuīchí · to postpone脱tuō · to shed网球wǎngqiú · tennis污染wūrǎn · to pollute

FAQs

推 (tuī) means “to push” or “to cut”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tuī: tuī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 推 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 推 from the suggestions. Typing tui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
推 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.