Cantonese words starting with T
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teoi1 coeng4
推牆推墙
To have sex up against a wall.
teoi1 coeng4
推詳推详
To study, investigate, or analyze in detail.
teoi1 daai3
推戴
To endorse, support, or nominate someone for a leadership position.
teoi1 dak6
推特
Twitter, the microblogging service.
teoi1 ding6
推定
To infer, presume, or come to a judgment based on reasoning or evidence.
teoi1 dok6
推度
To infer, guess, or estimate.
teoi1 dong6
推宕
To postpone, put off, or delay.
teoi1 dou2
推倒
To push someone down so they are lying flat, implying preparation for sexual activity.
teoi1 dou6
推導推导
To derive or deduce; the process of derivation.
teoi1 dung6
推動推动
To promote, push forward, or drive the development of something.
teoi1 dung6 lik6
推動力推动力
Driving force; impetus or motivation.
teoi1 dyun3
推斷推断
To deduce, infer, or make a reasoned assumption based on clues.
teoi1 faan1
推翻
To overthrow, overturn, or topple; to invalidate or refuse to recognize as valid.
teoi1 fuk6
推服
To esteem, admire, or respect.
teoi1 gaai3
推介
To recommend or suggest something good to someone.
teoi1 gaai3 wui2
推介會推介会
Promotional seminar, presentation, or launch event.
teoi1 gai3
推計推计
To estimate, calculate, or project based on existing data.
teoi1 gau3
推究
To study, probe, or investigate the reasons behind a matter.
teoi1 gei2 kap6 jan4
推己及人
To put oneself in another's shoes; to be considerate and think from another person's perspective.
teoi1 geoi2
推舉推举
To nominate or elect someone to a post or responsibility because they are suitable.
teoi1 gon1
推桿推杆
To putt in golf, or a pushrod or tappet in mechanics.
teoi1 gu2
推估
To estimate, calculate, or project based on existing data.
teoi1 gu3
推故
To use an excuse to decline or refuse.
teoi1 gun1
推官
Prefectural judge in imperial China.
teoi1 gwong2
推廣推广
To promote, popularize, or advertise something to make it widely known and accepted.
teoi1 haau1
推敲
To deliberate; to repeatedly think over, weigh, or consider carefully.
teoi1 hang4
推行
To implement; to put a plan into action or practice.
teoi1 hau6
推後推后
To push back, delay, or postpone an event, schedule, or progress.
teoi1 heoi2
推許推许
To praise, commend, or hold in high esteem.
teoi1 hoeng3
推向
To push towards, to drive towards, or to steer something in a certain direction.
teoi1 hoi1
推開推开
To push open a door or gate; to push away, reject, or decline.
teoi1 jan1
推恩
To extend kindness; to spread benevolence to others.
teoi1 jan1
推甄
To recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school without them needing to take the entrance exam.
teoi1 jan4
推人
To push someone.
teoi1 jau4
推油
Oil massage.
teoi1 ji4
推移
To elapse or pass (of time); to shift, slide, or move smoothly.
teoi1 jin2
推演
To deduce, derive, or play out a scenario.
teoi1 jin4
推延
To delay, postpone, or procrastinate.
teoi1 jin4 joeng6 nang4
推賢讓能推贤让能
To recommend virtuous people and yield to those with talent.
teoi1 jin5
推衍
To deduce, infer, or extrapolate.
teoi1 joeng6
推讓推让
To modestly decline or turn down a position, favor, or invitation.
teoi1 kap6
推及
To spread, extend, or generalize a principle or concept to other things.
teoi1 kau4
推求
To inquire into, investigate, or deduce.
teoi1 koek3
推卻推却
To refuse, decline, or reject.
teoi1 laai1 mun4
推拉門推拉门
Sliding door
teoi1 lei5
推理
To reason or infer; the logical process of connecting cause and effect.
teoi1 leon6
推論推论
Inference; the process of drawing a conclusion through deduction or induction.
teoi1 loi4 teoi1 heoi3
推來推去推来推去
To push and shove; to pass back and forth; to repeatedly decline or make excuses.
teoi1 man6
推問推问
To interrogate.
teoi1 naa4
推拿
Tui na; a form of traditional Chinese therapeutic massage.