提拔 Traditional form: 提拔 Pinyin (reading): tíbá Definitions: to promote to a higher job to select for promotion Characters: 提 - to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote Traditional characters: 提 - to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote