推薦

See also: 推荐

Chinese

		push; refuse (responsibility); shove	to recommend; to offer sacrifice; straw (mat) to recommend; to offer sacrifice; straw (mat); repeatedly
trad. (推薦)		推	薦
simp. (推荐)		推	荐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuījiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi¹ zin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûi-chien
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thui-chiàn / thui-chiān / chhui-chiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuījiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tueijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui¹-chien⁴
    • Yale: twēi-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueijiann
    • Palladius: туйцзянь (tujczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 推薦／推荐 推見／推见

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi¹ zin³
    • Yale: tēui jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey¹ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu¹ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûi-chien
    • Hakka Romanization System: cui´ jien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cui¹ jian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu̯i²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-chiàn
    • Tâi-lô: thui-tsiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuiciexn
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui³³ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-chiān
    • Tâi-lô: thui-tsiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuicien
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-chiàn
    • Tâi-lô: tshui-tsiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuiciexn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn²¹/

Verb

推薦

1. to recommend; to suggest

   強烈推薦／强烈推荐  ―  qiángliè tuījiàn  ―  to strongly recommend

   你可不可以推薦幾個比較好的學校？ [MSC, trad.]
   你可不可以推荐几个比较好的学校？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ kě bù kěyǐ tuījiàn jǐge bǐjiào hǎo de xuéxiào? [Pinyin]

   Could you recommend a few good schools?

Usage notes

Use 推薦／推荐 (tuījiàn) when recommending a specific thing or person, and 建議／建议 (jiànyì) when suggesting a course of action.

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 介紹／介绍 (jièshào)
• 保舉／保举 (bǎojǔ) (literary, to recommend somebody for a post with one's personal guarantee)
• 保薦／保荐 (bǎojiàn) (literary, to recommend someone for a promotion)
• 建議／建议 (jiànyì)
• 引薦／引荐 (yǐnjiàn)
• 引進／引进 (yǐnjìn)
• 推舉／推举 (tuījǔ)
• 推選／推选 (tuīxuǎn)
• 提議／提议 (tíyì)
• 舉薦／举荐 (jǔjiàn)
• 薦舉／荐举 (jiànjǔ)

 

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
推	薦
すい Grade: 6	せん Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

推(すい)薦(せん) • (suisen) 

1. recommendation

Verb

推(すい)薦(せん)する • (suisen suru) suru (stem 推(すい)薦(せん)し (suisen shi), past 推(すい)薦(せん)した (suisen shita))

1. to recommend

Conjugation

Conjugation of "推薦する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	推薦し	すいせんし	suisen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	推薦し	すいせんし	suisen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	推薦する	すいせんする	suisen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	推薦する	すいせんする	suisen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	推薦すれ	すいせんすれ	suisen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	推薦せよ¹ 推薦しろ²	すいせんせよ¹ すいせんしろ²	suisen seyo¹ suisen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	推薦される	すいせんされる	suisen sareru
Causative	推薦させる 推薦さす	すいせんさせる すいせんさす	suisen saseru suisen sasu
Potential	推薦できる	すいせんできる	suisen dekiru
Volitional	推薦しよう	すいせんしよう	suisen shiyō
Negative	推薦しない	すいせんしない	suisen shinai
Negative continuative	推薦せず	すいせんせず	suisen sezu
Formal	推薦します	すいせんします	suisen shimasu
Perfective	推薦した	すいせんした	suisen shita
Conjunctive	推薦して	すいせんして	suisen shite
Hypothetical conditional	推薦すれば	すいせんすれば	suisen sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Related terms

• 薦(すす)める (susumeru): to recommend

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Korean

Hanja in this term
推	薦

Noun

推薦 • (chucheon) (hangeul 추천)

1. Hanja form^? of 추천 (“recommendation”).