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推荐 (tuī jiàn) — to recommend

Definition

推荐 is to recommend a specific person, product, or place to someone — your own pick. 建议 is a suggestion or proposal (an idea, a plan), not a concrete pick. Note: 推出 means to launch a product, not to recommend one.

verb
to recommend

Examples

  • 推荐。
    Wǒ tuī jiàn nǐ yì běn hǎo shū.
    I recommend you a good book.
  • 推荐？
    Nǐ néng tuī jiàn yì jiā hǎo cān tīng ma?
    Can you recommend a good restaurant?
  • 推荐。
    Tā tuī jiàn wǒ yòng zhè ge ruǎn jiàn.
    He recommended that I use this software.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

推tuīput forward
荐jiànrecommend

"推" and "荐" both mean put forward or recommend, together they mean to recommend someone or something.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
隹
隹zhuī推tuī
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 扌 is a hand, and the right side 隹 gives the sound; the character shows pushing with the hand.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 薦; 荐 is its simplified writing.

  • 艸艸cǎograss
  • 廌廌zhìwild beast

The traditional form 薦 combines 艸 (grass) and 廌 (wild beast) to show a pasture. It was later borrowed for its sound to mean 'recommend'.

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