提拔 (tíbá) · to promote (to a higher post)

提拔 (tíbá) means “to promote (to a higher post)”. It is written with 2 characters: 提 (to carry) + 拔 (to uproot). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).

How 提拔 is built

What 提 is made of

扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
是shì — to be
- 日rì — sun; day
  - 口kǒu — mouth
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
- 疋pǐ — foot shape

Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 是 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

What 拔 is made of

扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
犮bá — to pull up
- 犬quǎn — dog
  - 大dà — big
  - 丶 — dot

他工作努力，很快就被提拔了。Tā gōngzuò nǔlì, hěnkuài jiù bèi tíbá le.He worked hard and was soon promoted.

公司提拔了一批年轻员工。Gōngsī tíbá le yīpī niánqīng yuángōng.The company promoted a group of young staff.

What does 提拔 mean?

提拔 (tíbá) means “to promote (to a higher post)”.

How do you pronounce 提拔?

提拔 is pronounced tíbá.

Which HSK level is 提拔?

提拔 is in Old HSK 6.

Learn 提拔 with its group

It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 177: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.