Chinese symbol for “plead”
推说
tuī shuō
Traditional: 推說
to plead; to claim as an excuse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for plead is 推说 (tuī shuō), defined as: to plead; to claim as an excuse.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “plead”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辩护 (辯護) | biàn hù | to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of |
| 哀求 | āi qiú | to entreat; to implore |
| 央 | yāng | center; end |
| 辩称 (辯稱) | biàn chēng | to argue (that); to allege |
| 抗辩 (抗辯) | kàng biàn | to counter accusations; to protest |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 推说.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 推动 (推動) | tuī dòng | to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to |
| 推出 | tuī chū | to push out; to release |
| 推荐 (推薦) | tuī jiàn | to recommend |
| 推进 (推進) | tuī jìn | to impel; to carry forward |
| 推广 (推廣) | tuī guǎng | to extend; to spread |
| 推翻 | tuī fān | to overthrow |
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
See also: Japanese symbol for “plead”.
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.