推
tuī HSK2

push

推 tuī
push verb
to apply pressure to move something away or forward

他在后面使劲儿推，货车终于发动了。

tā zài hòu​mian shǐ​jìn​r tuī, huò​chē zhōng​yú fā​dòng le.

He pushed hard from behind, and the van finally started.

refuse verb
to decline, reject, or shirk a responsibility or invitation

既然大家都希望你留下来，你就别再推了。

jì​rán dà​jiā dōu xī​wàng nǐ liú xià​lai, nǐ jiù bié zài tuī le.

Since everyone wants you to stay, please don't decline anymore.

delay verb
to postpone or put off until a later time

由于时间不够，这项议程只能往后推一推。

yóu​yú shí​jiān bù gòu, zhè xiàng yì​chéng zhǐ néng wǎng​hòu tuī yī tuī.

Due to a lack of time, this agenda item will have to be pushed back.

cut verb
to trim or shave, particularly hair or grass, using a tool

他去理发店推了个平头。

tā qù lǐ​fà​diàn tuī le gè píng​tóu.

He went to the barbershop to get a buzz cut.

massage verb
to rub or apply pressure to the body for therapeutic purposes

老师傅在病人的穴位上反复推了几下，帮他缓解疼痛。

lǎo​shī​fu zài bìng​rén de xué​wèi shàng fǎn​fù tuī le jǐ xià, bāng tā huǎn​jiě téng​tòng.

The veteran practitioner massaged the patient's pressure points several times to help ease the pain.

nominate verb
to elect, recommend, or push forward a person for a role

经过商议，大家推他做这次活动的总负责人。

jīng​guò shāng​yì, dà​jiā tuī tā zuò zhè cì huó​dòng de zǒng fù​zé​rén.

After discussion, everyone elected him as the general person in charge of this event.

Frequency
Character
Written text
505th most common 418.2 per million
Movie subtitles
856th most common 139.9 per million appears in 50% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
67.0 per million appears in 22% of films
Written text
103.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+63A8

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)