Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jǔ
English
- raise, lift up
- to lift
- recommend
- to hold up
- to cite
- to enumerate
- to act
- to raise
- to choose
- to elect
- act
- move
- deed
- to lift; to raise; to hold up
- to cite; to enumerate
- to recommend someone; to promote
- to start; to hold; to organise
- analog of impawn, to pawn. Informal use.
粵語
- 抬起；向上托
- 提出
- 推薦；推選
- 興起；發動
- 比喻將物品攞去典當。非正式用法。
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 舉
- 舉行geoi2 hang4
to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- 檢舉gim2 geoi2
to report (an offense to the authorities)
- 不舉bat1 geoi2
erectile dysfunction
- 選舉syun2 geoi2
to elect
- 善舉sin6 geoi2
meritorious deed
- 舉辦geoi2 baan6
to conduct; to hold (an event)
- 舉報geoi2 bou3
to report (malefactors to the police)
- 舉動geoi2 dung6
act
- 列舉lit6 geoi2
a list
- 舉措geoi2 cou3
move; act; measure
- 高舉gou1 geoi2
to lift up
- 科舉fo1 geoi2
imperial examination
- 一舉jat1 geoi2
a move
- 舉起geoi2 hei2
to heave
- 舉例geoi2 lai6
to give an example
- 舉止geoi2 zi2
bearing
- 舉手geoi2 sau2
to raise a hand
- 舉人geoi2 jan4
graduate
- 推舉teoi1 geoi2
to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend
- 大舉daai6 geoi2
(do sth) on a large scale
- 老舉lou5 geoi2
prositute (spoken)
- 舉重geoi2 cung5
to lift weights
- 舉世geoi2 sai3
throughout the world
- 義舉ji6 geoi2
(noun) majestic deed; a beneficial action for the public good