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推开

tuī kāi · tui kai

Traditional 推開

HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. to push open (a gate etc)
  2. to push away
  3. to reject
  4. to decline
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Push or pull?

  1. Dengdeng

    这扇(zhèshān)门(mén)我(wǒ)推不开(tuībùkāi)。

    I cannot push this door.

  2. Liangliang

    用力(yònglì)一点(yīdiǎn)，把(bǎ)它(tā)推开(tuīkāi)！

    Use more force and push it open!

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)已经(yǐjīng)推(tuī)了(le)五分钟(wǔfēnzhōng)，还是(háishi)推不开(tuībùkāi)。

    I have pushed for five minutes and it still will not open.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，门(mén)上(shàng)写(xiě)的(de)是(shì)拉(lā)，不是(bùshì)推(tuī)。

    Look, the door says pull, not push.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)一直(yīzhí)想(xiǎng)把(bǎ)门(mén)推开(tuīkāi)，一次(yīcì)也(yě)没(méi)拉(lā)过(guò)。

    I kept trying to push the door open and never pulled once.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

无(wú)视(shì)于(yú)" 禁(jìn)止(zhǐ)进(jìn)入(rù)" 的(de)牌(pái)子(zi)，她(tā)推(tuī)开(kāi)了(le)门(mén)走(zǒu)进(jìn)去(qù)。

Disregarding the "No Entry" sign, she pushed open the door and walked inside.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by LittleBoy · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)试(shì)着(zhe)把(bǎ)门(mén)推(tuī)开(kāi)。

Tom tried to push the door open.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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The characters

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推
tuī

to push; to cut

开
kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start

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