推敲 meaning in English

tuīqiāo

to think over

HSK 7-9verb25 strokes

Meaning of 推敲

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tuīqiāo
  1. to think over

推敲 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

大dà部bù分fèn的de字zì迹jì已yǐ经jīng褪tuì色shǎi,但dàn仍réng可kě从cóng这zhè些xiē句jù子zi中zhōng推tuī敲qiāo出chū含hán意yì。
Most of the words are faded, but it's still possible to extrapolate the meaning from these sentences.

Stroke order for each character

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推 tuī · to push · 11 strokes

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敲 qiāo · to hit · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 推敲.

推进tuījìnto impel; to carry forward
推动tuīdòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
推开tuīkāito push open (a gate etc); to push away
推广tuīguǎngto extend; to spread
推迟tuīchíto postpone; to put off
推销tuīxiāoto market; to sell
敲门qiāo ménto knock on a door
推行tuīxíngto implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc); to promote; to ad
推出tuīchūto push out; to release
推荐tuījiànto recommend
推测tuīcèspeculation; to conjecture
推翻tuīfānto overthrow

Questions about 推敲

What does 推敲 mean?

推敲 (tuīqiāo) means "to think over" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 推敲?

推敲 is made of 2 characters: 推 (11 strokes), 敲 (14 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.

Is 推敲 an HSK word?

Yes. 推敲 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.