Taxonomy of meanings for 推:　　

  • 推 tuī (OC: kh-luul MC: tʰuoi) 他回切 平 廣韻：【又昌隹切 】
  • 推 chuī (OC: khljul MC: tʂʰʷi) 尺隹切 平 廣韻：【排也叉隹切又湯回切二 】
    • PUSH
      • vtoNpush forward in one direction (primarily things); also figurative: promote (something), put (something) forward
      • vadNwhat is pushed (as a cart); push-(carts)
      • vt(oN)give a push 三推
      • outward>EXPAND
        • vtoNfigurativegeneraliseCH
        • vtoNfigurative, middle voicebe carried far; become overextendedCH
      • spatial: away>REMOVE
          • radical>DESTROY
            • vtoNpush over> knock over, destroy
          • abstract: communicatively>REFUSE
          • generalised>MOVE
            • vtoNmove about, manipulateCH
            • causative>ENCOURAGE
              • intellectually>>CONCLUDE
                  • logically>PROVE
                    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
                    • vtoSlogicpush > deduce that, have proven that
                    • vtoNdeduce (sometimes also more concretely: calculate ??)
                • figurative: forward>RECOMMEND
                  • vtoNpromote, push forward, advocate
                  • vt(oN)promote, push forward, advocate the contextually determinate NLZ
            • =摧
          • tuīARGUE
            • vtoNargue for NCH
          • tuīESTIMATE
            • vtoNinfer, estimate NLZ

          Additional information about 推

          說文解字: 【推】，排也。从手、隹聲。 【他回切】

            Criteria
          • RECOMMEND

            1. The current general word for recommending someone is jiàn 薦 (ant. yǐn 隱 "refuse to recommend and keep unknown").

            2. Tuī 推 (ant. xiàn 陷 "intrugue against") refers to the recommending someone and the pushing for his promotion.

            3. Jǔ 舉 and jìn 進 are both occasionally used not only for the act of promotion itself but for the attempt to get someone promoted through recommendation.

            Word relations
          • Ant: (PUSH)輓/PULL
          • Assoc: (PUSH)移/MOVE Yí 移 (ant. dìng 定 "fixed, unoved") refers to any temporary or lasting dislocation to a new place.
          • Synon: (PUSH)將/PUSH