介紹

介紹

See also: 紹介 and 介绍

Chinese

		introduce; lie between; between	connect; to introduce
trad. (介紹)		介	紹
simp. (介绍)		介	绍
anagram		紹介／绍介

Etymology

From 《禮記·聘義》：.

介紹而傳命，君子於其所尊弗敢質，敬之至也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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介绍而传命，君子于其所尊弗敢质，敬之至也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Jiè shào ér chuán mìng, jūnzǐ yú qí suǒzūn fúgǎn zhì, jìng zhī zhì yě. [Pinyin]

The messages (between the visitor and the host) were passed through all the attendants, from one to another. A superior man, where he wishes to do honour, will not venture to communicate directly and in person. This was a high tribute of respect.

See also the Etymology section at 紹介.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièshào

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): gaai³ siu⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gai¹ siau⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'gai⁴ seu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kie-seu / kiai-seu
• Min Dong (BUC): gái-siêu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kài-siāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gai³ siao⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): jia zau (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièshào → jièshao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄠˋ → ㄐㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄕㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièshåo
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-shao⁵
    • Yale: jyè-shau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh.shaw
    • Palladius: цзешао (czešao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕjɛ⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai³ siu⁶
    • Yale: gaai siuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³ siu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai³ xiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³³ siːu̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gai¹ siau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai³³ siau³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'gai⁴ seu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈkai³⁵ sɛu¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kie-seu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie seu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie⁴ seu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯e⁵⁵ seu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiai-seu
    • Hakka Romanization System: giai seu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giai⁴ seu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯⁵⁵ seu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gái-siêu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(s-)liɛu²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài-siāu
    • Tâi-lô: kài-siāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaesiau
    • IPA (Singapore): /kai²¹⁻⁴² ɕiau²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕiau³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kai¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕiau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kai²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiau²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gai³ siao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kài siău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siau³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jia zau (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕia̱³³ z̥ɔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠɛi^H  d͡ʑiᴇu^X/

Rime
Character	介	紹
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	古拜切	市沼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛiH/	/d͡ʑiᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæiH/	/d͡ʑiɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐiH/	/d͡ʑjæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjH/	/d͡ʑiawX/
Li Rong	/kɛiH/	/ʑiɛuX/
Wang Li	/kɐiH/	/ʑĭɛuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kăiH/	/ʑi̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiè	shào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai3	siu6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːds  djewʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	介
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiè
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛjH ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁr[e]p-s/
English	armour; scale of animals
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	介	紹
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6525	2144
Phonetic component	介	刀
Rime group	祭	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	誡	紹
Old Chinese	/*kreːds/	/*djewʔ/

Verb

介紹

1. to introduce
2. to recommend
3. to explain (a situation); to brief
4. (Philippines Hokkien) to introduce a possible romantic partner

Synonyms

• (to introduce): (someone to someone else) 引見／引见 (yǐnjiàn)
• (to recommend):

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Synonyms of 介紹

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)

推薦／推荐 (tuījiàn) 推選／推选 (tuīxuǎn) 提議／提议 (tíyì) 舉薦／举荐 (jǔjiàn) 薦舉／荐举 (jiànjǔ)

• (to explain):

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Synonyms of 介紹

交代 (jiāodài) 分解 (fēnjiě) 拆白 (Min Nan) 拆破 (Min Nan) 解說／解说 (jiěshuō) 解釋／解释 (jiěshì) 訓／训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds, meanings of words) 說／说 (shuō) 說明／说明 (shuōmíng) 說解／说解 (shuōjiě) (literary)

講明／讲明 (jiǎngmíng) 講解／讲解 (jiǎngjiě) 開釋／开释 (kāishì) (literary) 闡明／阐明 (chǎnmíng) 闡發／阐发 (chǎnfā) 闡說／阐说 (chǎnshuō) 闡論／阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary) 闡釋／阐释 (chǎnshì) 陳／陈 (chén) (literary, or in compounds)

Derived terms

介紹人／介绍人 (jièshàorén) 介紹信／介绍信 (jièshàoxìn)

介紹所／介绍所 (jièshàosuǒ) 自我介紹／自我介绍 (zìwǒ jièshào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (介紹):

• → Vietnamese: giới thiệu (介紹)

Further reading

• “Entry #727”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.