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举

jǔ · ju

Traditional 舉 / 擧

HSK 2Old HSK 5

Meaning

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jǔ 舉

  1. to lift
  2. to hold up
  3. to cite
  4. to enumerate
  5. to act
  6. to raise
  7. to choose
  8. to elect
  9. act
  10. move
  11. deed

jǔ 擧

  1. variant of 舉 / 举 (jǔ)
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  1. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)玩(wán)个(gè)游戏(yóuxì)，说(shuō)动物(dòngwù)。我(wǒ)先(xiān)举(jǔ)个(gè)例子(lìzi)。

    Let us play a game: name animals. I will give an example first.

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)。

    OK.

  3. Dengdeng

    猫(māo)，狗(gǒu)，鸟(niǎo)。

    Cat, dog, bird.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)也(yě)举(jǔ)一个(yīgè)例子(lìzi)：灯灯(dēngdēng)！

    I will give an example too: Dengdeng!

  5. Dengdeng

    灯灯(dēngdēng)不是(bùshì)动物(dòngwù)！

    Dengdeng is not an animal!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

老(lǎo)师(shī)举(jǔ)了(le)一(yí)个(gè)例(lì)子(zi)来(lái)说(shuō)明(míng)这(zhè)个(ge)词(cí)的(de)用(yòng)法(fǎ)。

The teacher gave an example to explain how this word is used.

02

他(tā)举(jǔ)手(shǒu)问(wèn)了(le)一(yí)个(gè)很(hěn)简(jiǎn)单(dān)的(de)问(wèn)题(tí)。

He raised his hand and asked a very simple question.

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