Chinese symbol for “push”
推动
tuī dòng
Traditional: 推動
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
The closest CC-CEDICT match for push is 推动 (tuī dòng), defined as: to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “push”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 推 | tuī | to push; to cut |
| 按 | àn | to press; to push |
| 按压 (按壓) | àn yā | to press; to push (a button) |
| 捘 | zùn | push |
| 硬逼 | yìng bī | to pressure; to press |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 推动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
See also: Japanese symbol for “push”.
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.