提拔 (tí bá) — to promote (to a higher position), to select fo…

Definition

提拔 means 'to promote (a person)' — the person-focused sense, not 提升's abstract 'to raise/improve' nor 晋升's narrower 'job rank'.

verb

to promote (to a higher position)to select for promotion

，提拔。
Tā gōng zuò nǔ lì, hěn kuài jiù bèi tí bá le.
He works hard and was promoted quickly.
提拔。
Gōng sī jué dìng tí bá tā dān rèn bù mén zhǔ guǎn.
The company decided to promote her to department head.
提拔。
Zhè cì tí bá ràng tā de shōu rù zēng jiā le bù shǎo.
This promotion increased his income quite a bit.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

拔bápull up

提 (raise) and 拔 (pull up) together picture lifting someone to a higher position.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌是提

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

是

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

提 shows 扌 (hand) beside 是, which gives the pronunciation.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌犮拔

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

犮

犮bá拔bá

Same sound today

In 拔, the left side 扌 is a hand and the right side 犮 gives the sound; the shape pictures a hand pulling.

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