HSK 5 · Verbs

推荐 tuījiàn “to recommend” in Chinese

Traditional 推薦

What 推荐 means

  1. to recommend
  2. recommendation

How to say 推荐

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale推tuī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale荐jiàn4th tone, falling

推荐 in a sentence

  1. 你有什么推荐？

    Nǐ yǒu shénme tuījiàn?

    What do you recommend?

    Sentence #469470 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我推荐这个餐厅。

    Wǒ tuījiàn zhè ge cāntīng.

    I recommend this restaurant.

    Sentence #8692928 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你能推荐另一家旅馆吗？

    Nǐ néng tuījiàn lìngyì jiā lǚguǎn ma?

    Could you recommend another hotel?

    Sentence #833165 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 推荐 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 推 (tuī) with each of its parts in a different colour
推tuīto push
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with tuī.

The character 荐 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
荐jiànto recommend
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 存to exist · cún

How to write 推荐

推 11 strokes · 荐 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 推荐

Words with 推

推tuī · to push推迟tuīchí · to postpone推辞tuīcí · to decline (an offer or invitation)推广tuīguǎng · to promote推测tuīcè · to speculate推翻tuīfān · to overthrow推销tuīxiāo · to promote推理tuīlǐ · reasoning推论tuīlùn · inference

More words: Thinking & Talking

谈判tánpàn · to negotiate提问tíwèn · to question体会tǐhuì · to know from experience推辞tuīcí · to decline (an offer or invitation)委屈wěiqu · to feel wronged问候wènhòu · to give one’s respects想念xiǎngniàn · to miss想象xiǎngxiàng · to imagine

FAQs

推荐 (tuījiàn) means “to recommend” or “recommendation”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tuījiàn: tuī with a 1st tone, then jiàn 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, 推荐 is written 推薦. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuijian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 推荐 from the suggestions. Typing tuijian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
推荐 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

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.