「推」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: teoi1
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
  • to push; to shove
    (Cant.) 推teoi1開hoi1度dou6門mun4
    (Eng.) to push the door open
    (Cant.) 嘩waa3,佢keoi5竟ging2然jin4推teoi1得dak1郁juk1個go3大daai6肥fei4佬lou2!
    (Eng.) Wow, he can push the fat guy away!

  • to push forward; to promote; to advance
    (Cant.) 將zoeng1活wut6動dung6推teoi1向hoeng3高gou1潮ciu4
    (Eng.) to push the activity to its climax
    (Cant.) 推teoi1postpou1
    (Eng.) to push a post on social network
    (Cant.) 推teoi1上soeng5報bou3
    (Eng.) to promote something until newspapers report on it
    (Cant.) 推teoi1佢keoi5上soeng5位wai2
    (Eng.) to make someone famous or move up the corporate ladder

  • to promote or implement a policy, piece of legislation, method, etc.
    (Cant.) 推行teoi1 hang4
    (Eng.) to implement; to put into practice
    (Cant.) 聽teng1講gong2政zing3府fu2又jau6想soeng2再zoi3推teoi1版baan2權kyun4修sau1訂ding6條tiu4例lai6。
    (Eng.) They say the government wants to once again implement changes to copyright law.

  • to push away; to shirk; to shift
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5將zoeng1啲di1嘢je5推teoi1晒saai3俾bei2你nei5做zou6。
    (Eng.) He shirked all his duties onto you.

  • to turn down (an offer, opportunity, request, etc)
    (Cant.) 幾gei2間gaan1大daai6公gung1司si1請ceng2佢keoi5,佢keoi5都dou1推teoi1咗zo2,自zi6己gei2開hoi1公gung1司si1做zou6。
    (Eng.) He turned down offers from several big companies and started his own business.

  • to put off; to postpone
    (Cant.) 個go3活wut6動dung6會wui5推teoi1到dou3下haa6個go3星sing1期kei4先sin1舉geoi2行hang4。
    (Eng.) The function will be postponed to next week.

  • to tailgate; to drive too closely behind another vehicle
    (Cant.) 我ngo5都dou1唔m4係hai6行haang4得dak1好hou2慢maan6啫ze1,點dim2解gaai2咁gam2都dou1要jiu3推teoi1我ngo5?
    (Eng.) I am not driving that slowly. Why is that car still tailgating me?

Antonym(s): Antonym(s): 拉
See also: 推進 擁 督 推動 促進 發展 推廣 舉 前進 提前
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「推」

Entry #2
Pronunciation: teoi1
Part of Speech: verb
Labels: Recent Jargon
Explanation:
to leave a comment in order for the article to rise to the top; some online forums would list the post on the top when someone just commented
(Cant.) 自zi6推teoi1十sap6次ci3
(Eng.) push one's own article ten times
(Cant.) 推teoi1postpou1
(Eng.) to "push" a post
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