jǔ

Traditional: 舉

HSK 2

举 (jǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “to lift; to hold up; to cite”.

Meanings

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

Related words

举variant of 舉|举[ju3]举行to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)选举to elect举办to conduct; to hold (an event)举动act举手to raise a hand举止bearing举起to heave举报to report (malefactors to the police)轻而易举easy一举一动(idiom) every movement; each and every move托举to lift and support; to hold up (physically)

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