00528 Chinese character of 舉 and pronounce geoi2

The Chinese character【舉】that I will teach you this time is a word that describes an action or behavior. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Lift, act. Explanation: (1) To carry, lift, or lift up. Such as: “raise your hand”, “raise high”, “lift something heavy”, “look up at the bright moon”. (2) Propose. Such as: “give examples”, “list”, “report”. (3)Nomination. Such as: “election”, “recommendation”. (4) Complete or entire. For example: “world-famous”, “the whole country is jubilant”, “recognized by the world”, “the whole country”, “the whole family is migrating”. (5) Behavior and action. Such as: “behavior”, “heroic deed”, “righteous act”, “good deed”, “every move”. (6) To rise, to arouse, to initiate. Such as: “raise up in rebellion”, “a lot of things need to be done”, “launch a large-scale attack”. (7) Reproduction and raising children. For example: “giving birth to a boy at first sight”, “giving birth to a son in middle age”.

Below, you can see how this Chinese character is pronounced.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【舉】:jǔ

Cantonese Jyutping of 【舉】:geoi2

Here is some fundamental information about the character 【舉】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【舉】, for example:Describing an action or behavior , It means mainly to lift, act.The richness and complexity of Chinese characters enable various interpretations, some of which may exceed what is presented here.

【舉】is a word that can combine with others to create more detailed terms or phrases, such as【舉手、舉例】(Mandarin Pinyin:jǔ shǒu 、jǔ lì/ Cantonese Jyutping:geoi2 sau2 、geoi2 lai6)

This character has a total of 17 strokes,It is a highly common and fundamental Chinese character that must be learned,Here is a single example incorporating this character.:


學生舉起手提出了一個問題。

The student raised his hand and asked a question.


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