HSK 4 · Verbs

建议 jiànyì “to propose” in Chinese

Traditional 建議

What 建议 means

  1. to propose
  2. to suggest
  3. to recommend
  4. proposal
  5. suggestion
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • recommendation

How to say 建议

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale建jiàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale议yì4th tone, falling

建议 in a sentence

  1. 我同意他的建议。

    Wǒ tóngyì tā de jiànyì.

    I agree with his suggestion.

    Sentence #970192 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你有什么建议吗？

    Nǐ yǒu shénme jiànyì ma?

    Do you have a suggestion?

    Sentence #12160777 from Tatoeba

  3. 医生建议他多做运动。

    Yīshēng jiànyì tā duō zuò yùndòng.

    The doctor advised him to do more exercise.

    Sentence #780065 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 建议 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 建 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
建jiànto establish
  • 聿brush · yùSound part
  • 廴stride · yǐnMeaning part

廴 hints at the meaning (stride); 聿 (yù) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiàn.

The character 议 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
议yìto comment on
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 义right conduct · yìSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 义 (yì) hints at the sound. Compare it with yì.

How to write 建议

建 8 strokes · 议 5 strokes

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建议 (jiànyì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 建议 (jiànyì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 建议

Words with 建

建筑jiànzhù · to construct建立jiànlì · to establish建设jiànshè · to build修建xiūjiàn · to build封建fēngjiàn · feudal

Words with 议

会议huìyì · meeting议论yìlùn · to comment倡议chàngyì · to propose提议tíyì · to propose协议xiéyì · agreement抗议kàngyì · to protest争议zhēngyì · dispute不可思议bùkěsīyì · unimaginable

More words: Thinking & Talking

感觉gǎnjué · feeling感谢gǎnxiè · (express) thanks怀疑huáiyí · to doubt回忆huíyì · to recall计划jìhuà · plan交流jiāoliú · to exchange解释jiěshì · explanation拒绝jùjué · to refuse

FAQs

建议 (jiànyì) means “to propose” or “to suggest”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiànyì: jiàn with a 4th tone, then yì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 建议 is written 建議. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 建议 from the suggestions. Typing jianyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
建议 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.