Cantonese words starting with T
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推牆推墙
teoi1 coeng4literally: to push a wall; to have sex up against a wall [colloquial]
推詳推详
teoi1 coeng4to study in detail
推戴
teoi1 daai3to endorse (sb for leader)
推特
teoi1 dak6Twitter (microblogging service)
推定
teoi1 ding6to infer; to consider and come to a judgment
推度
teoi1 dok6to infer; to guess
推宕
teoi1 dong6to postpone; to put sth off
推倒
teoi1 dou2to push over
推導推导
teoi1 dou6derivation
推動推动
teoi1 dung6to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
推動力推动力
teoi1 dung6 lik6driving force
推斷推断
teoi1 dyun3to infer; to predict
推翻
teoi1 faan1to overthrow
推服
teoi1 fuk6to esteem
推介
teoi1 gaai3promotion; to introduce and recommend
推介會推介会
teoi1 gaai3 wui2promotional seminar
推計推计
teoi1 gai3to estimate
推究
teoi1 gau3to study; to probe
推己及人
teoi1 gei2 kap6 jan4put oneself in someone's shoes
推舉推举
teoi1 geoi2to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend; (weightlifting) to (clean an...
推桿推杆
teoi1 gon1push rod or tappet (mechanics); to putt (golf)
推估
teoi1 gu2to estimate
推故
teoi1 gu3to find a pretext for refusing
推官
teoi1 gun1prefectural judge (in imperial China)
推廣推广
teoi1 gwong2to promote; to market
推敲
teoi1 haau1to think over
推行
teoi1 hang4to implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc); to p...
推後推后
teoi1 hau6to push back (progress, the times etc)
推許推许
teoi1 heoi2to esteem
推向
teoi1 hoeng3to push towards
推開推开
teoi1 hoi1to push open (a gate etc); to reject
推恩
teoi1 jan1to extend kindness
推甄
teoi1 jan1to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school; abbr. for 推薦甄選...
推人
teoi1 jan4to push someone [written and colloquial]
推油
teoi1 jau4oil massage
推移
teoi1 ji4(of time) to elapse; to pass; to shift; to slide; to move smoothly and contin...
推演
teoi1 jin2to deduce; to derive
推延
teoi1 jin4to procrastinate
推賢讓能推贤让能
teoi1 jin4 joeng6 nang4to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
推衍
teoi1 jin5to deduce; an implication
推讓推让
teoi1 joeng6verb; modestly decline (a position, favour, etc)
推及
teoi1 kap6to spread; to extend
推求
teoi1 kau4to inquire
推卻推却
teoi1 koek3to repel
推拉門推拉门
teoi1 laai1 mun4sliding door
推理
teoi1 lei5reasoning; to infer
推論推论
teoi1 leon6to infer; corollary
推來推去推来推去
teoi1 loi4 teoi1 heoi3(idiom) to rudely push and pull others
推問推问
teoi1 man6to interrogate
推拿
teoi1 naa4tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)
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