戻 (tì) - To open a door & to push open

戻Tone 4

tì ｜ 7 strokes ｜ radical: 户

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戻 · tì

To open a door;

to push open;

to perverse, contrary;

also used in Japanese for 'return'.

To open a doorto push opento perverse, contrary

Usage highlights

Push open a doorReturn a documentPerverse actionContrary to reasonOpen a window

Synonyms

Antonyms

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • He pushed the door open (戻门).
  • The document was returned (戻书).
  • This is a perverse action (戻行).

Collocations

  • Push open a door(戻门)
  • Return a document(戻书)
  • Perverse action(戻行)
  • Contrary to reason(戻理)
  • Open a window(戻窗)

Idioms

  • Perverse and unreasonable(戻理难容)
  • Contrary to human nature(戻性难改)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Originally meant to push open a door, derived from the radical 户 (door) and 大 (big).
  • In modern Chinese, it's rarely used and considered archaic.
  • In Japanese, 戻る means 'to return' or 'to go back', which is its most common usage today.

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