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Chinese symbol for “extrapolate”

推断
tuī duàn
Traditional: 推斷
to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for extrapolate is 推断 (tuī duàn), defined as: to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate.

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Characters and stroke order

推 tuī
to push; to expel; to drive; to decline
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
断 duàn
to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
radical 69 ⽄ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “extrapolate”

WordPinyinMeaning
推算tuī suànto calculate; to reckon
外推wài tuīto extrapolate
外插wài chāto extrapolate; extrapolation (math.)
外推法wài tuī fǎextrapolation (math.); to extrapolate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 推断.

WordPinyinMeaning
推动 (推動)tuī dòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
推出tuī chūto push out; to release
推荐 (推薦)tuī jiànto recommend
推进 (推進)tuī jìnto impel; to carry forward
推广 (推廣)tuī guǎngto extend; to spread
推翻tuī fānto overthrow
不断 (不斷)bù duànunceasing; uninterrupted
判断 (判斷)pàn duànto judge; to determine; judgment

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.