举 (舉) jǔ

1. jǔ verb to lift / to hold up / to raise
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 举 is synonymous with 抬起 in this sense (Guoyu '舉' v 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 37)
2. jǔ verb to move
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 举 is synonymous with 行动 or 动作 in this sense (Rouzer 2007, p. 37)
3. jǔ verb to originate / to initiate / to start (a fire)
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 举 is synonymous with 发起 or 兴办 in this sense (Guoyu '舉' v 4; Rouzer 2007, p. 37)
4. jǔ verb to recommend / to elect
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Organization 组织
   Notes: 举 is synonymous with 推选 or 推荐 in this sense (Guoyu '舉' v 2; Unihan '舉')
5. jǔ adverb all / entire
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 举 is synonymous with 全 in this sense and used as an adjective or adverb in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '舉' adj; Rouzer 2007, p. 37; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 129). For example, 天下之民舉安 'for the happiness of the people of the whole kingdom' (Mengzi: 4.12/24/16, translation by Legge)
6. jǔ verb to suggest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 提出 (Guoyu '舉' v 3)
7. jǔ verb to fly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 飞 (Guoyu '舉' v 5)
8. jǔ verb to bear / to give birth
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 生育 (Guoyu '舉' v 6)
9. jǔ noun actions / conduct
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 行为 or 动作 (Guoyu '舉' n 1)
10. jǔ noun a successful candidate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: An abbreviation for 举人 (Guoyu '舉' n 2)
11. jǔ verb to raise an example
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School 禅宗
    Notes: 举 introduces koans in Chan texts, such as 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record” (FGDB '舉'; T 2003, Scroll 1)

Contained in

• 普通选举(普通選舉) universal suffrage
• 举行(舉行) to hold (a meeting, elections, etc)
• 选举(選舉) elections ; to select and appoint
• 举办(舉辦) to conduct / to hold
• 举重(舉重) weightlifting ; to lift weights
• 举例(舉例) to give an example
• 举措(舉措) to move / to act ; action / decision / conduct / manner
• 举动(舉動) act / action / activity / move / movement
• 举手投足(舉手投足) to lift a hand or move a leg / gestures
• 壮举(壯舉) magnificent feat / heroic undertaking
• 举足轻重(舉足輕重) play a key role / influential
• 抓举(抓舉) snatch
• 挺举(挺舉) clean and jerk
• 举世(舉世) throughout the world / world ranking
• 检举(檢舉) to report / to inform
• 举世闻名(舉世聞名) world famous
• 举世瞩目(舉世矚目) attract worldwide attention
• 列举(列舉) to list / to enumerate
• 一举(一舉) one action ; in one stroke
• 举世无匹(舉世無匹) nobody like him throughout the world
• 中举(中舉) to pass the imperial examination
• 选举权(選舉權) suffrage
• 举报(舉報) to report / to denounce
• 举止(舉止) bearing / manner
• 推举(推舉) to elect / to choose ; to bench press
• 举兵(舉兵) to send troops / to raise troops
• 举手(舉手) to raise a hand / to put up one's hand (as signal)
• 举事(舉事) to rise in revolt
• 略举(略舉) to highlight / to give examples
• 荐举(薦舉) to propose / to nominate / to recommend
• 不胜枚举(不勝枚舉) too numerous to mention individually or one by one
• 选举人(選舉人) a voter / an elector
• 首倡义举(首倡義舉) to initiate / to inaugurate
• 举凡(舉凡) such things as ... / examples including ... (etc) / without exception / every / any
• 创举(創舉) pioneering work
• 大举(大舉) (do sth) on a large scale
• 举国(舉國) the entire country
• 举火(舉火) to light a fire
• 举目(舉目) to look / to raise one's eyes
• 举用(舉用) to select the best (for a job)
• 包举(包舉) to summarize / to swallow up / to annex / to merge
• 公举(公舉) public election

Also contained in

科举 、 举人 、 噶举派 、 举钵罗汉 、 掉举 、 诸路交钞提举司 、 举则 、 举古 、 举钵罗汉

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• 卷一百六十 志第一百十三 選舉六 Volume 160 Treatises 113: Selection and appointment of Officials 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 200
• 卷八十五　志第三十五: 　百官一 Volume 85 Treatises 38: Official Posts 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 141
• 卷八十九　志第三十九: 　百官五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Official Posts 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 133
• 卷八十八　志第三十八: 　百官四 Volume 88 Treatises 41: Official Posts 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 116
• 卷九十　　志第四十: 　百官六 Volume 90 Treatises 43: Official Posts 6 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 106
• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 97
• 卷八十七　志第三十七: 　百官三 Volume 87 Treatises 40: Official Posts 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 91
• 卷五十四　志第三十五:　選舉四 部選 省選 廉察 薦舉 功酬虧永 Volume 54 Treatises 35: Selection of Officials 4 - Ministry Selection, Provincial Selection, Honest Inspectors, Recommendations, Compensation for Achievements and Perpetual Faults History of Jin 金史 — count: 78
• 卷六十一 左周黃列傳 Volume 61: Biographies of Zuo, Zhou, Huang Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 72
• 卷二百十三 表第四 宰輔四 Volume 213 Tables 4: Chancellors 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 71

Collocations

• 伍举 (伍舉) 其子伍舉與聲子相善也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 11
• 椒举 (椒舉) 椒舉聚於申公子牟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 11
• 柏举 (柏舉) 蔡侯以吳子及楚人戰于柏舉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 5
• 能举 (能舉) 能舉善也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 举善 (舉善) 能舉善也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 使举 (使舉) 仲尼使舉是禮也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 举上 (舉上) 舉上也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 举直 (舉直) 舉直錯諸枉 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 2. 《為政》 Wei Zheng — count: 3
• 举曰 (舉曰) 寡君使舉曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 举谥 (舉謚) 桓公葬而後舉謚 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3