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推广 (tuī guǎng) — to promote (a product, service, etc.); to popularize, to spread (an idea, method, etc.)

Definition

推广 pairs with products, services, and methods — 'to promote' in a marketing or rollout sense. 普及 is about making knowledge widely available; 宣传 is more about publicizing information or ideas.

verb
to promote (a product, service, etc.)to popularizeto spread (an idea, method, etc.)

Examples

  • 推广。
    Gōng sī jì huà zài quán guó tuī guǎng zhè zhǒng xīn yào.
    The company plans to promote this new medicine nationwide.
  • 推广。
    Wǒ men yīng gāi nǔ lì tuī guǎng huán bǎo lǐ niàn.
    We should work hard to popularize environmental concepts.
  • 推广。
    Zhè xiàng jì shù yǐ jīng zài hěn duō guó jiā tuī guǎng kāi le.
    This technology has already been spread in many countries.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

推tuīpush
广guǎngbroad

"推" means push and "广" means broad, so pushing makes something reach a wider area.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
隹
隹zhuī推tuī
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 扌 is a hand, and the right side 隹 gives the sound; the character shows pushing with the hand.

Open 推 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 廣; 广 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
黃
黃huáng廣guǎng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 廣 combines 广 (meaning part) with 黃 (sound part); the simplified 广 is a later shorthand, not the full historical shape.

Open 广 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 5HSK 2.0 Level 5Marketing & Sales

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