HSK 6 · Verbs

提议 tíyì “to propose” in Chinese

Traditional 提議

What 提议 means

  1. to propose
  2. proposal
  3. suggestion
  4. to suggest

How to say 提议

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale提tí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale议yì4th tone, falling

提议 in a sentence

  1. 他提议大家一起去游泳。

    Tā tíyì dàjiā yìqǐ qù yóuyǒng.

    He suggested we all go for a swim together.

    Sentence #8798305 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你的提议值得考虑。

    Nǐ de tíyì zhíde kǎolǜ.

    Your suggestion is worth considering.

    Sentence #332904 from Tatoeba

  3. 我们很高兴接受你的提议。

    Wǒmen hěn gāoxìng jiēshòu nǐ de tíyì.

    We’re happy to accept your proposal.

    Sentence #336711 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 提议 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 提 (tí) with each of its parts in a different colour
提títo carry
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 是to be · shìSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 是 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tí.

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 提议

提 12 strokes · 议 5 strokes

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

Words related to 提议

Words with 提

提高tígāo · to raise提tí · to carry提醒tíxǐng · to remind提供tígōng · to offer提前tíqián · to bring forward提出tíchū · to put forward提问tíwèn · to question提倡tíchàng · to promote提纲tígāng · outline提示tíshì · to prompt

Words with 议

会议huìyì · meeting建议jiànyì · to propose议论yìlùn · to comment倡议chàngyì · 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

讨好tǎohǎo · to please滔滔不绝tāotāobùjué · to talk non-stop挑拨tiǎobō · to stir up trouble提示tíshì · to prompt透露tòulù · to reveal推测tuīcè · to speculate吞吞吐吐tūntūntǔtǔ · to hum and haw妥协tuǒxié · to compromise

FAQs

提议 (tíyì) means “to propose” or “proposal”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tíyì: tí with a 2nd 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, 提议 is written 提議. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 提议 from the suggestions. Typing tiyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
提议 is an HSK 6 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.