Chinese symbol for “thrust”
推力
tuī lì
driving force; impetus; thrust (of a boat or airplane engine); repelling force
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thrust is 推力 (tuī lì), defined as: driving force; impetus; thrust (of a boat or airplane engine); repelling force.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “thrust”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 推力.
| 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 |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability; ability |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thrust”.
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.