推薦

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
• Min Nan (POJ): thui-chiàn / thui-chiān / chhui-chiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: tuījiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueijiann
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 推薦／推荐 推見／推见

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi¹ zin³
    • Yale: tēui jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey¹ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu¹ jin³
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûi-chien
    • Hakka Romanization System: cui´ jien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cui¹ jian⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰu̯i²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi̯en⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-chiàn
    • Tâi-lô: thui-tsiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuiciexn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui³³ t͡ɕiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiɛn¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-chiān
    • Tâi-lô: thui-tsiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuicien
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɛn²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-chiàn
    • Tâi-lô: tshui-tsiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuiciexn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiɛn²¹/

Verb

推薦

1. to recommend

   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?

Synonyms

• 建議／建议 (jiànyì)

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.

Derived terms

推薦信／推荐信 (tuījiànxìn)

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) すいせん [sùíséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sɨᵝisẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

推薦 (hiragana すいせん, rōmaji suisen)

1. recommendation

Verb

推薦する (hiragana すいせんする, rōmaji suisen suru)

1. to recommend

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	推薦し	すいせんし	suisen shi
Continuative (連用形)	推薦し	すいせんし	suisen shi
Terminal (終止形)	推薦する	すいせんする	suisen suru
Attributive (連体形)	推薦する	すいせんする	suisen suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	推薦すれ	すいせんすれ	suisen sure
Imperative (命令形)	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

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
推	薦

Noun

推薦 • (chucheon) (hangeul 추천)

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