粵

推teoi1舉geoi2

simp推举
teoi1 geoi2tuī jǔ

English

  1. to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend
  2. to elect; to choose
  3. (weightlifting) to (clean and) press
  4. to elect somebody to a post

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 認為一個人非常適合而向其他人提出由嗰個人接任職位、責任

Examples

  • 大家推举他到大会发言。

    Everyone chose him to speak at the conference.

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  • 我想推舉佢做代表。

    I would like to elect him as the representative.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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