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舉

jǔ

raise, lift up; recommend

Strokes
16
Radical
臼
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 举

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 举, the simplified form of 舉. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 举起手来!

    Jǔ qǐ shǒu lái

    Put your hands up!

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  • 手举起来。

    Shǒu jǔ qǐ lái

    Put your hands up!

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  • 举起你的手!

    Jǔ qǐ nǐ de shǒu

    Raise your hands!

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  • 把手举起来!

    Bǎ shǒu jǔ qǐ lái

    Put your hands up!

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 举

  • 举行jǔ xíng 3–2 to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
  • 举jǔ 3to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed
  • 举手jǔ shǒu 3–3 → 2–3to raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal)
  • 举办jǔ bàn 3–4 to conduct; to hold
  • 选举xuǎn jǔ 3–3 → 2–3to elect; election
  • 举动jǔ dòng 3–4 act; action; activity; move; movement
  • 轻而易举qīng ér yì jǔ 1–2–4–3easy; with no difficulty
  • 列举liè jǔ 4–3 a list; to list; to enumerate
  • 举足轻重jǔ zú qīng zhòng 3–2–1–4to play a critical role (idiom); influential
  • 一举两得yī jǔ liǎng dé 1–3–3–2 → 4–2–3–2one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
  • 举世闻名jǔ shì wén míng 3–4–2–2world-famous (idiom)
  • 举世瞩目jǔ shì zhǔ mù 3–4–3–4to receive worldwide attention