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舉 (geoi2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

舉 (geoi2, jǔ) — to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; an act; a move; a deed; an action; to initiate; to undertake; to nominate; to recommend; to praise; to give birth to; to erect; to suggest; all of; deportment

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 舉中指 (geoi2 zung1 zi2) — sticking up the middle finger
• 舉腳贊成 (geoi2 goek3 zaan3 sing4) — total support; complete agreement
• 舉行 (geoi2 hang4) — to host
• 舉一反三 (geoi2 jat1 faan2 saam1) — to raise one and infer three; to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
• 舉不勝舉 (geoi2 bat1 sing1 geoi2) — too numerous to list (idiom); innumerable
• 舉世 (geoi2 sai3) — throughout the world; world ranking (e.g. first)

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