提拔 tíbá▶ nâng cao

Stroke order

提拔 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

• 提 — 12 strokes
• 拔 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. to promote to a higher job
2. to select for promotion

Related words

• 前提điều kiện tiên quyết
• 挺拔Cao thẳng
• 提炼trừu tượng; tinh chế
• 提示gợi ý
• 提议đề xuất
• 海拔độ cao

提拔 is pronounced tíbá and means “nâng cao”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 提拔 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.