举 (jǔ) means Raise (elect - cite - hold up). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
有问题请 举 手。
Yǒu wèntí qǐng jǔ shǒu.
Please raise your hand if you have a question.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 举
他 举 起杯子，说了几句话。
Tā jǔ qǐ bēizi, shuō le jǐ jù huà.
He raised his glass and said a few words.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 举
会议在二楼 举 行。
Huìyì zài èr lóu jǔxíng.
The meeting is held on the second floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 举行
婚礼将在周六 举 行。
Hūnlǐ jiāng zài zhōuliù jǔxíng.
The wedding will take place on Saturday.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 举行
这个活动每年 举 办一次。
Zhège huódòng měi nián jǔbàn yí cì.
This event is held once a year.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 举办
学校下个月要 举 办一次比赛。
Xuéxiào xià ge yuè yào jǔbàn yí cì bǐsài.
The school is holding a competition next month.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 举办
From the graded readers
妈妈把手机 举 起来，让我看他们那边的月亮。
māma bǎshǒu jī jǔ qǐlai, ràng wǒ kàn / kān tāmen nàbian de / dì yuèliàng.
Mum lifted the phone so I could see the moon from their side.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
Words that contain 举
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 举
How is 举 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 举 (jǔ, "Raise (elect - cite - hold up)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 举 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 举 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 举 an HSK word?
Yes — 举 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 举?
The dictionary page for 举 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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