HSK 2 · Meeting & staying

提出

tí chū

to put forward

Stroke order of 提出

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

提 · 12 strokes 出 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

Hand 扌 lifts something up and 出 sends a shoot out of the pit: you put it forward.

Parts: 提 raise (扌 hand + 是) + 出 go out

The characters in 提出

提 tí — to carry; to lift; to mention (12 strokes)
出 chū — to go out; to exit (5 strokes)

Example sentence

他提出了一个好办法。

He put forward a good method.

Words with 提

提高to raise; to improve 提to carry; to lift; to mention 提到to mention 提问to ask a question 提前in advance; to move up

Words with 出

出to go out; to exit 出来to come out 出去to go out 出生to be born 出院to leave hospital 出发to set off 出国to go abroad 出门to go out 出租to rent out 出租车taxi 出口exit; to export 得出to reach (a conclusion)找出to find out 出现to appear 拿出to take out 认出to recognize 发出to send out; to give off 退出to withdraw; to quit

More words: Meeting & staying

见到to see; to meet 见过to have seen 碰到to run into 碰见to run into 留to stay; to keep 留下to stay; to leave behind 分开to separate 占to occupy; to take up 流to flow 气air; to anger 长to grow; head; chief 当to act as; when 才only then; just 提到to mention 行动action; to act 行为behaviour

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