推 teoi¹ {tuī}

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

推測〔-测〕 teoi¹ caak¹ {tuī cè}

to project; projection

推出 teoi¹ ceot¹ {tuīchū}

(noun) (or product) To promote (to market)

推廣〔-广〕 teoi¹ gwong² {tuī guǎng}

to promote; to market

推向 teoi¹ hoeng³ {tuī xiàng}

to push towards

推讓〔-让〕 teoi¹ joeng⁶ {tuī ràng}

verb; modestly decline (a position, favour, etc)

推送 teoi¹ sung³ {tuī sòng}

propelling movement; to push; to deliver

推託〔-托〕 teoi¹ tok³ {tuī tuō}

to dodge; to make excuse; cop-out (verb)

推擠〔-挤〕 teoi¹ zai¹ {tuī jǐ}

verb; push and squeeze; squeeze out

推薦〔-荐〕 teoi¹ zin³ {tuī jiàn}

to nominate or suggest

推莊〔-庄〕 teoi¹ zong¹ {tuī zhuāng}

to reject; to give up; to back out; to pass the buck

推測〔-测〕 teoi¹ caak¹ {tuī cè}

1. speculation
2. to conjecture
3. to surmise
4. to speculate

推尋〔-寻〕 teoi¹ cam⁴ {tuī xún}

1. to examine
2. to investigate

推車〔-车〕 teoi¹ ce¹ {tuī chē}

1. cart
2. trolley
3. to push a cart

推出 teoi¹ ceot¹ {tuī chū}

1. to push out
2. to release
3. to launch
4. to publish
5. to recommend

推辭〔-辞〕 teoi¹ ci⁴ {tuī cí}

to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)

推遲〔-迟〕 teoi¹ ci⁴ {tuī chí}

1. to postpone
2. to put off
3. to defer

推斥 teoi¹ cik¹ {tuī chì}

1. repulsion
2. repulsive force (physics)

推闡〔-阐〕 teoi¹ cin² {tuī chǎn}

1. to elucidate
2. to study and expound

推詳〔-详〕 teoi¹ coeng⁴ {tuī xiáng}

to study in detail

推戴 teoi¹ daai³ {tuī dài}

to endorse (sb for leader)

推特 teoi¹ dak⁶ {Tuī tè}

Twitter (microblogging service)

推定 teoi¹ ding⁶ {tuī dìng}

1. to infer
2. to consider and come to a judgment
3. to recommend
4. to estimate
5. deduced to be

推度 teoi¹ dok⁶ {tuī dù}

1. to infer
2. to guess

推宕 teoi¹ dong⁶ {tuī dàng}

1. to postpone
2. to delay
3. to put sth off

推倒 teoi¹ dou² {tuī dǎo}

1. to push over
2. to overthrow

推導〔-导〕 teoi¹ dou⁶ {tuī dǎo}

1. derivation
2. to deduce

推動〔-动〕 teoi¹ dung⁶ {tuī dòng}

1. to push (for acceptance of a plan)
2. to push forward
3. to promote
4. to actuate
5. CL: 個

推斷〔-断〕 teoi¹ dyun³ {tuī duàn}

1. to infer
2. to deduce
3. to predict
4. to extrapolate

推翻 teoi¹ faan¹ {tuī fān}

to overthrow

推服 teoi¹ fuk⁶ {tuī fú}

1. to esteem
2. to admire

推介 teoi¹ gaai³ {tuī jiè}

1. promotion
2. to promote
3. to introduce and recommend

推計〔-计〕 teoi¹ gai³ {tuī jì}

1. to estimate
2. to deduce (by calculation)

推究 teoi¹ gau³ {tuī jiū}

1. to study
2. to examine
3. to probe
4. to study the underlying principles

推舉〔-举〕 teoi¹ geoi² {tuī jǔ}

1. to elect
2. to choose
3. press (weightlifting technique)

推桿〔-杆〕 teoi¹ gon¹ {tuī gān}

1. push rod or tappet (mechanics)
2. putter (golf)
3. to putt (golf)

推估 teoi¹ gu² {tuī gū}

to estimate

推故 teoi¹ gu³ {tuī gù}

to find a pretext for refusing

推官 teoi¹ gun¹ {tuī guān}

prefectural judge (in imperial China)

推廣〔-广〕 teoi¹ gwong² {tuī guǎng}

1. to extend
2. to spread
3. to popularize
4. generalization
5. promotion (of a product etc)

推敲 teoi¹ haau¹ {tuī qiāo}

to think over

推行 teoi¹ hang⁴ {tuī xíng}

1. to put into effect
2. to carry out

推後〔-后〕 teoi¹ hau⁶ {tuī hòu}

to push back (progress, the times etc)

推許〔-许〕 teoi¹ heoi² {tuī xǔ}

1. to esteem
2. to commend

推開〔-开〕 teoi¹ hoi¹ {tuī kāi}

1. to push open (a gate etc)
2. to push away
3. to reject
4. to decline

推恩 teoi¹ jan¹ {tuī ēn}

to extend kindness

推甄 teoi¹ jan¹ {tuī zhēn}

1. to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school
2. to put a student on the recommendation track (one of several ways of gaining admission to a higher-level school in Taiwan)
3. abbr. for 推薦甄選

推油 teoi¹ jau⁴ {tuī yóu}

oil massage

推移 teoi¹ ji⁴ {tuī yí}

1. (of time) to elapse or pass
2. (of a situation) to develop or evolve

推演 teoi¹ jin² {tuī yǎn}

1. to deduce
2. to infer
3. to derive
4. an implication

推延 teoi¹ jin⁴ {tuī yán}

to procrastinate

推衍 teoi¹ jin⁵ {tuī yǎn}

1. to deduce
2. to infer
3. an implication
4. same as 推演

推及 teoi¹ kap⁶ {tuī jí}

1. to spread
2. to extend

推求 teoi¹ kau⁴ {tuī qiú}

1. to inquire
2. to ascertain

推卻〔-却〕 teoi¹ koek³ {tuī què}

1. to repel
2. to decline

推理 teoi¹ lei⁵ {tuī lǐ}

1. reasoning
2. speculative
3. inference

推論〔-论〕 teoi¹ leon⁶ {tuī lùn}

1. to infer
2. inference
3. corollary
4. reasoned conclusion

推問〔-问〕 teoi¹ man⁶ {tuī wèn}

to interrogate

推拿 teoi¹ naa⁴ {tuī ná}

tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)

推索 teoi¹ saak³ {tuī suǒ}

1. to inquire into
2. to ascertain

推心 teoi¹ sam¹ {tuī xīn}

1. to treat sincerely
2. to confide in

推手 teoi¹ sau² {tuī shǒu}

1. promoter
2. advocate
3. driving force
4. pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi)

推卸 teoi¹ se³ {tuī xiè}

1. to avoid (esp. responsibility)
2. to shift (the blame)
3. to pass the buck

推銷〔-销〕 teoi¹ siu¹ {tuī xiāo}

1. to market
2. to sell

推想 teoi¹ soeng² {tuī xiǎng}

1. to reckon
2. to infer
3. to imagine

推搡 teoi¹ song² {tuī sǎng}

1. to shove
2. to jostle

推溯 teoi¹ sou³ {tuī sù}

to trace back to

推崇 teoi¹ sung⁴ {tuī chóng}

1. to esteem
2. to think highly of
3. to accord importance to
4. to revere

推選〔-选〕 teoi¹ syun² {tuī xuǎn}

1. to elect
2. to choose
3. to nominate

推算 teoi¹ syun³ {tuī suàn}

1. to calculate
2. to reckon
3. to extrapolate (in calculation)

推說〔-说〕 teoi¹ syut³ {tuī shuō}

1. to plead
2. to claim as an excuse

推頭〔-头〕 teoi¹ tau⁴ {tuī tóu}

1. to clip hair
2. to have a haircut

推托 teoi¹ tok³ {tuī tuō}

1. to make excuses
2. to give an excuse (for not doing something)

推搪 teoi¹ tong⁴ {tuī táng}

1. to offer excuses (colloquial)
2. to stall

推脫〔-脱〕 teoi¹ tyut³ {tuī tuō}

1. to evade
2. to shirk

推挽 teoi¹ waan⁵ {tuī wǎn}

1. to push and pull
2. to move sth forward by shoving and pulling

推諉〔-诿〕 teoi¹ wai² {tuī wěi}

1. to decline
2. to avoid
3. shirking responsibilities
4. to blame others
5. to pass the buck
6. to unload one's responsibilities
7. to try to get out of a task

推進〔-进〕 teoi¹ zeon³ {tuī jìn}

1. to impel
2. to carry forward
3. to push on
4. to advance
5. to drive forward

推知 teoi¹ zi¹ {tuī zhī}

to infer

推子 teoi¹ zi² {tuī zi}

hair clippers

推展 teoi¹ zin² {tuī zhǎn}

1. to propagate
2. to popularize

推薦〔-荐〕 teoi¹ zin³ {tuī jiàn}

1. to recommend
2. recommendation

推助 teoi¹ zo⁶ {tuī zhù}

1. to bolster
2. to give a boost to (the economy etc)

推重 teoi¹ zung⁶ {tuī zhòng}

1. to esteem
2. to think highly of
3. to accord importance to
4. to revere

推尊 teoi¹ zyun¹ {tuī zūn}

1. to esteem
2. to revere
3. to think highly of sb

推牌九 teoi¹ paai⁴ gau² {tuī pái jiǔ}

the Pai Gow (Chinese dominoes)

推斥力 teoi¹ cik¹ lik⁶ {tuī chì lì}

1. repulsion
2. repulsive force (physics)

推動力〔-动-〕 teoi¹ dung⁶ lik⁶ {tuī dòng lì}

driving force

推介會〔--会〕 teoi¹ gaai³ wui² {tuī jiè huì}

1. promotional seminar
2. promotional event

推拉門〔--门〕 teoi¹ laai¹ mun⁴ {tuī lā mén}

sliding door

推銷員〔-销员〕 teoi¹ siu¹ jyun⁴ {tuī xiāo yuán}

1. sales representative
2. salesperson

推土機〔--机〕 teoi¹ tou² gei¹ {tuī tǔ jī}

bulldozer

推進艙〔-进舱〕 teoi¹ zeon³ cong¹ {tuī jìn cāng}

1. propulsion module
2. service module (astronautics)

推進器〔-进-〕 teoi¹ zeon³ hei³ {tuī jìn qì}

1. propeller
2. propulsion unit
3. thruster

推進劑〔-进剂〕 teoi¹ zeon³ zai¹ {tuī jìn jì}

1. propellant
2. rocket fuel

推薦信〔-荐-〕 teoi¹ zin³ seon³ {tuī jiàn xìn}

recommendation letter

推薦書〔-荐书〕 teoi¹ zin³ syu¹ {tuī jiàn shū}

recommendation letter

推己及人 teoi¹ gei² kap⁶ jan⁴ {tuī jǐ jí rén}

put oneself in someone's shoes

推三推四 teoi¹ saam¹ teoi¹ sei³ {tuī sān tuī sì}

it is used to describe someone who keeps making excuses so as not to have to do something

推卸責任〔--责-〕 teoi¹ se³ zaak³ jam⁶ {tuī xiè zé rèn}

verb; pass the buck; shift the blame on; pass the baby/ responsibility

推波助瀾〔---澜〕 teoi¹ bo¹ zo⁶ laan⁴ {tuī bō zhù lán}

1. to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum
2. to encourage sth to get bigger
3. to add fuel to the fire

推本溯源 teoi¹ bun² sou³ jyun⁴ {tuī běn sù yuán}

to go back to the source

推陳佈新〔-陈布-〕 teoi¹ can⁴ bou³ san¹ {tuī chén bù xīn}

1. to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
2. to go beyond old ideas
3. advancing all the time

推陳出新〔-陈--〕 teoi¹ can⁴ ceot¹ san¹ {tuī chén chū xīn}

to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

推賢讓能〔-贤让-〕 teoi¹ jin⁴ joeng⁶ nang⁴ {tuī xián ràng néng}

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

推來推去〔-来--〕 teoi¹ loi⁴ teoi¹ heoi³ {tuī lái tuī qù}

1. (idiom) to rudely push and pull others
2. (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others

推三阻四 teoi¹ saam¹ zo² sei³ {tuī sān zǔ sì}

to use all sorts of excuses

推心置腹 teoi¹ sam¹ zi³ fuk¹ {tuī xīn zhì fù}

1. to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence
2. to trust completely
3. to confide in sb with entire sincerity