Chinese word

推选

Pronunciation

Pinyintuī xuǎn

Meaning

  • verbelect

Example

委员会昨天推选了两名代表。wěi yuán huì zuó tiān tuī xuǎn le liǎng míng dài biǎo

The committee elected two representatives yesterday.

Illustration for 推选 (elect)

More examples

他被大家推选为小组负责人。tā bèi dà jiā tuī xuǎn wèi xiáo zǔ fù zé rén

Everyone elected him group leader.

Core concept

A group puts a person forward and settles on that person for a role or as its representative.

Common phrases

  • 推选为候选人tuī xuǎn wèi hòu xuǎn rén

    nominate as a candidate

  • 被推选为委员bèi tuī xuǎn wèi wěi yuán

    be elected as a committee member

Similar words

推荐tuī jiàn: Recommending a person or thing to others as good, suitable, or worth considering.
提名tí míng: Officially putting forward a person's name for a position as a candidate.
选拔xuǎn bá: Selecting a person for a role because of the person's ability or qualifications.
选举xuán jǔ: Choosing a public official or representative by voting under established rules.

Definition in Chinese

提出并在组织内部通过协商或表决确定人选或代表。tí chū bìng zài zǔ zhī nèi bù tōng guò xié shāng huò biǎo jué què dìng rén xuǎn huò dài biǎo

Word origin

The compound 推 (tuī, "push forward") + 选 (xuǎn, "choose") joins the act of putting someone forward with the group's selection of that person.

Usage tips

  • The subject is often a committee, team, or other organized group, so an individual subject can sound wrong when the meaning is a collective choice.

Other meanings

  • recommendverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 推选人tuī xuǎn réncandidatenoun
  • 推选结果tuī xuǎn jié guǒelection resultnoun

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