推搡

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Chinese

		push; refuse (responsibility); shove	push back; push over
trad. (推搡)		推	搡
simp. ^#(推搡)		推	搡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuīsǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟㄙㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi¹ song²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuīsǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟㄙㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tueisǎng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻui¹-sang³
  - Yale: twēi-sǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueisaang
  - Palladius: туйсан (tujsan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ sɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: teoi¹ song²
  - Yale: tēui sóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toey¹ song²
  - Guangdong Romanization: têu¹ song²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ sɔːŋ³⁵/

Verb

推搡

to push; to shove
- 老和尚大怒，雙手把郭孝子拉起來，提著郭孝子的領子，一路推搡出門，便關了門進去，再也叫不應。
  老和尚大怒，双手把郭孝子拉起来，提着郭孝子的领子，一路推搡出门，便关了门进去，再也叫不应。
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Lǎo héshàng dànù, shuāngshǒu bǎ Guō xiàozi lā qǐlái, tí zhù Guō xiàozi de lǐngzi, yīlù tuīsǎng chū mén, biàn guān le mén jìnqù, zài yě jiào bù yìng.
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Synonyms

(Hokkien) 挨捒

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