提
Meaning
- to carry (hanging down from the hand)
- to lift
- to put forward
Example sentence
他提速了。
He accelerated.
The character 提
提 is 扌, a hand, beside 是: carrying something by its handle. Lifting gives 提高 to raise and 提前 to bring forward; raising a subject gives 提出, 提到, 提问 and 提醒.