推

推 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人土 (QOG), four-corner 5001₄, composition ⿰扌隹)

• KangXi: page 439, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12284
• Dae Jaweon: page 790, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1898, character 7
• Unihan data for U+63A8

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tʰuːl, *tʰjul) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul) – push with the hand.

Middle Chinese distinguishes 推 (MC tʰuʌi, “to push”) and 推 (MC t͡ʃʰiuɪ, “to proceed; to promote; to deduce”).

Older Mandarin dictionaries[n 1] give chuī (the Mandarin reflex of 推 (MC t͡ʃʰiuɪ)) as a variant reading for all senses, while Cantonese dictionaries[n 2] only assign ceoi1 to the "to deduce" sense (e.g. in 推測 (“to surmise”)). Most modern Sinitic varieties use the reflexes of 推 (MC tʰuʌi) for all meanings, while Sino-Xenic use the reflexes of 推 (MC t͡ʃʰiuɪ) (in Korean, however, the reflex of 推 (MC tʰuʌi) is also used in a few words). Some varieties (including certain Hakka, Min, and sometimes Yue dialects) preserve both readings, but not necessarily disambiguate them by meaning.

See also 揣 (MC t͡ʃʰˠiuᴇX, tuɑX).

“to support”

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 推(お)し (oshi).

推

1. to push

   手推車／手推车  ―  shǒutuīchē  ―  pushcart

   推開窗／推开窗  ―  tuī kāi chuāng  ―  to push the windows open

   • 長江後浪推前浪，世上新人趕舊人。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     长江后浪推前浪，世上新人赶旧人。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《增廣賢文》"Enlarged Writings of Worthies"

     Chángjiāng hòulàng tuī qiánlàng, shìshàng xīnrén gǎn jiùrén. [Pinyin]

     On the Yangtze river, the waves behind push the waves before; in this world, the newcomers oust the forerunners.

2. to postpone; to delay

   推遲／推迟  ―  tuīchí  ―  to postpone

3. (figurative) to put aside; to push away; to dismiss; to explain away

   推諉／推诿  ―  tuīwěi  ―  to pass the buck

   推辭／推辞  ―  tuīcí  ―  to decline with an excuse

   推掉聚會、推掉採訪、推掉責任 [MSC, trad.]
   推掉聚会、推掉采访、推掉责任 [MSC, simp.]

   tuīdiào jùhuì, tuīdiào cǎifǎng, tuīdiào zérèn [Pinyin]

   to decline a gathering, to decline interviews, to decline responsibility

4. to prompt; to propel

   推進／推进  ―  tuījìn  ―  to propel; to push forward

   推波助瀾／推波助澜  ―  tuībōzhùlán  ―  "to drive the billowing waves"; to add fuel to fire

5. to promote; to advertise; to advocate

   推廣／推广  ―  tuīguǎng  ―  to promote; to popularize

   推出  ―  tuīchū  ―  to present

   • 雖然，夫子推而行之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     虽然，夫子推而行之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Suīrán, fūzǐ tuī ér xíng zhī. [Pinyin]

     Nevertheless, you advocate the great way and live the way you advocate.

6. to nominate; to recommend

   推薦／推荐  ―  tuījiàn  ―  to recommend

   推選／推选  ―  tuīxuǎn  ―  to nominate

   唐代詩人首推李杜。 [MSC, trad.]
   唐代诗人首推李杜。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tángdài shīrén shǒutuī lǐdù. [Pinyin]

   Li Bai and Du Fu are ranked the top among the Tang-era poets.

7. to generalize; to broaden

   推己及人  ―  tuījǐjírén  ―  to put oneself in someone's shoes

8. to infer; to deduce

   推測／推测  ―  tuīcè  ―  to estimate; to infer

   類推／类推  ―  lèituī  ―  to infer by analogy

9. to derive; to reason; to compute

   推導／推导  ―  tuīdǎo  ―  to derive

   推論／推论  ―  tuīlùn  ―  corollary

10. to proceed; to succeed; to form a procession

    推移  ―  tuīyí  ―  to proceed (in time)

11. (Hong Kong, Internet slang) to bump a thread in support; to "push"

    Synonym: push

    Antonyms: 拉, pull

12. (ACG or fandom slang) being a devoted fan of [someone]; to support [someone] (in an idol group; etc.)

    前田敦子推  ―  Qiántián Dūnzǐ tuī  ―  a person supporting Atsuko Maeda

    一生推  ―  yīshēng tuī  ―  to support [someone or a particular group] for life

    首推  ―  shǒu tuī  ―  member that someone like most in an idol group

• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. conjecture

• Go-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}; たい (tai)
• Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}; たい (tai)
• Kan’yō-on: つい (tsui)^{←つゐ (twi, historical)}
• Kun: おす (osu, 推す, Jōyō)

推 • (chu, toe) (hangeul 추, 퇴)

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推: Hán Nôm readings: suy, chui, thoi, thòi, thôi, tòi, thối

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