# 推敲 (tuīqiāo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 推敲 (tuīqiāo) means “to weigh carefully; to think over; to polish”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to weigh carefully; to think over; to polish
- Pinyin: tuīqiāo (tui1 qiao1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这句话的用词还需要推敲。
  Zhè jù huà de yòngcí hái xūyào tuīqiāo.
  The wording of this sentence needs careful thought.

## Characters

- [推](https://hanziro.com/word/tui-push/) (tuī): to push; to decline
- [敲](https://hanziro.com/word/qiao-knock/) (qiāo): to knock; to strike

https://hanziro.com/word/tui-qiao-weigh-carefully/

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