Chinese words starting with “tui”
29 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable tui. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 6 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial t · final ui · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 17
- 2nd tone 1
- 3rd tone 1
- 4th tone 10
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 退出tuì chūHSK 3
to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)
- 退休tuì xiūHSK 3
to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
- 推进tuī jìnHSK 3
to impel; to carry forward; to push on; to advance; to drive forward
- 推动tuī dòngHSK 3
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
- 推广tuī guǎngHSK 3
to extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization; promotion (of a product etc)
- 推开tuī kāiHSK 3
to push open (a gate etc); to push away; to reject; to decline
All 29 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 腿 | tuǐ | n | hip bone; old variant of 腿 | |
| 2 | 推 | tuī | v | to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage | |
| 3 | 退 | tuì | v | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 4 | 推荐 | tuī jiàn | v,vn | to recommend; recommendation | |
| 5 | 推出 | tuī chū | v | to push out; to release; to launch; to publish; to recommend | |
| 6 | 推迟 | tuī chí | v | to postpone; to put off; to defer | |
| 7 | 推销 | tuī xiāo | v,vn | to market; to sell | |
| 8 | 推测 | tuī cè | v,vn | speculation; to conjecture; to surmise; to speculate | |
| 9 | 退役 | tuì yì | v,vn | (of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned | |
| 10 | 推翻 | tuī fān | v | to overthrow | |
| 11 | 推理 | tuī lǐ | vn,v | reasoning; inference; to infer; to deduce | |
| 12 | 推断 | tuī duàn | v,vn | to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate | |
| 13 | 退回 | tuì huí | v | to return (an item); to send back; to go back | |
| 14 | 退缩 | tuì suō | v | to shrink back; to cower | |
| 15 | 推行 | tuī xíng | v,vn | to put into effect; to carry out | |
| 16 | 退学 | tuì xué | v | to quit school | |
| 17 | 颓废 | tuí fèi | a | decadent; dispirited; depressed; dejected | |
| 18 | 退休金 | tuì xiū jīn | n | retirement pay; pension | |
| 19 | 推论 | tuī lùn | v,vn | to infer; inference; corollary; reasoned conclusion | |
| 20 | 推移 | tuī yí | vn | (of time) to elapse or pass; (of a situation) to develop or evolve | |
| 21 | 推卸 | tuī xiè | v | to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck | |
| 22 | 推算 | tuī suàn | v,vn | to calculate; to reckon; to extrapolate (in calculation) | |
| 23 | 退步 | tuì bù | v,vn | to do less well than before; to make a concession; setback; backward step; leeway; room to maneuver; fallback | |
| 24 | 推选 | tuī xuǎn | v | to elect; to choose | |
| 25 | 退票 | tuì piào | v | to bounce (a check); to return a ticket; ticket refund | |
| 26 | 退让 | tuì ràng | v,vn | to move aside; to get out of the way; to back down; to concede | |
| 27 | 退却 | tuì què | v,vn | to retreat; to shrink back | |
| 28 | 推敲 | tuī qiāo | v | to think over | |
| 29 | 推辞 | tuī cí | v | to decline (an appointment, invitation etc) |
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