「推」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: teoi1
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
  • to push; to shove
    (Cant.) teoi1hoi1dou6mun4
    (Eng.) to push the door open
    (Cant.) waa3keoi5ging2jin4teoi1dak1juk1go3daai6fei4lou2
    (Eng.) Wow, he can push the fat guy away!

  • to push forward; to promote; to advance
    (Cant.) zoeng1wut6dung6teoi1hoeng3gou1ciu4
    (Eng.) to push the activity to its climax
    (Cant.) teoi1postpou1
    (Eng.) to push a post on social network
    (Cant.) teoi1soeng5bou3
    (Eng.) to promote something until newspapers report on it
    (Cant.) teoi1keoi5soeng5wai2
    (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.) teng1gong2zing3fu2jau6soeng2zoi3teoi1baan2kyun4sau1ding6tiu4lai6
    (Eng.) They say the government wants to once again implement changes to copyright law.

  • to push away; to shirk; to shift
    (Cant.) keoi5zoeng1di1je5teoi1saai3bei2nei5zou6
    (Eng.) He shirked all his duties onto you.

  • to turn down (an offer, opportunity, request, etc)
    (Cant.) gei2gaan1daai6gung1si1ceng2keoi5keoi5dou1teoi1zo2zi6gei2hoi1gung1si1zou6
    (Eng.) He turned down offers from several big companies and started his own business.

  • to put off; to postpone
    (Cant.) go3wut6dung6wui5teoi1dou3haa6go3sing1kei4sin1geoi2hang4
    (Eng.) The function will be postponed to next week.

  • to tailgate; to drive too closely behind another vehicle
    (Cant.) ngo5dou1m4hai6haang4dak1hou2maan6ze1dim2gaai2gam2dou1jiu3teoi1ngo5
    (Eng.) I am not driving that slowly. Why is that car still tailgating me?

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See also: 擠 推進
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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.) zi6teoi1sap6ci3
(Eng.) push one's own article ten times
(Cant.) teoi1postpou1
(Eng.) to "push" a post
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