举 (jǔ) means Raise (elect - cite - hold up). Below are 24 of the 41 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
这一票 举 足轻重。
Zhè yí piào jǔzúqīngzhòng.
This one vote holds the balance.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 举足轻重
他 举 起右手宣誓。
Tā jǔ qǐ yòushǒu xuān shì.
He raised his right hand and swore the oath.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宣誓
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
决赛在下周六 举 行。
Juésài zài xià zhōuliù jǔxíng.
The final will be held next Saturday.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 决赛
这项工程 举 世瞩目。
Zhè xiàng gōngchéng jǔshì zhǔmù.
This project has attracted worldwide attention.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 举世瞩目
选 举 将于下月 举 行。
Xuǎnjǔ jiāng yú xià yuè jǔxíng.
The election will be held next month.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 选举
这个办法一 举 两得。
Zhège bànfǎ yìjǔliǎngdé.
This method achieves two things at once.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 一举两得
本届比赛在北京 举 行。
Běn jiè bǐsài zài Běijīng jǔxíng.
This session of the competition is held in Beijing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 届
公司 举 行了庆祝活动。
Gōngsī jǔxíng le qìngzhù huódòng.
The company held a celebration.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 庆祝
文章列 举 了大量事实。
Wénzhāng lièjǔ le dàliàng shìshí.
The article enumerates a great many facts.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 列举
开学仪式在操场 举 行。
Kāixué yíshì zài cāochǎng jǔxíng.
The opening ceremony was held on the sports ground.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 仪式
两国元首 举 行了会谈。
Liǎng guó yuánshǒu jǔxíng le huìtán.
The heads of the two states held talks.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 元首
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
他 举 止大方，很有风度。
Tā jǔzhǐ dàfang, hěn yǒu fēngdù.
His bearing is easy and he has real grace.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 风度
他的 举 动让大家很意外。
Tā de jǔdòng ràng dàjiā hěn yìwài.
His action took everyone by surprise.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 举动
他在这个行业 举 足轻重。
Tā zài zhège hángyè jǔzúqīngzhòng.
He is a decisive figure in this industry.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 举足轻重
他们 举 行了隆重的婚礼。
Tāmen jǔxíng le lóngzhòng de hūnlǐ.
They held a grand wedding.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 隆重
学校下周 举 行田径比赛。
Xuéxiào xià zhōu jǔxíng tiánjìng bǐsài.
The school holds a track-and-field meet next week.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 田径
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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
举 appears in 41 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 举
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Questions about 举
How is 举 used in a sentence?
This page shows 41 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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