Meaning
recommend (a person)
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “jian” becomes a different word in each tone. 荐 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 推荐tuī jiànto recommend
- 自荐zì jiànto recommend oneself (for a job)
- 力荐lì jiànto strongly recommend
- 荐头jiàn touemployment agent (arch.); job broker
- 荐言jiàn yánto recommend (in words); to suggest
Example Sentence
老师向我们推荐了几本好书。Lǎo shī xiàng wǒ men tuī jiàn le jǐ běn hǎo shū.The teacher recommended several good books to us.
老师Lǎo shīteacher向xiàngtoward我们wǒ menwe推荐tuī jiànto recommend了le(completed action)几jǐsmall table本běn(bound form) root好hǎogood书shūbook。