Chinese Word: 荐 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

荐 (Trad.: 薦)HSK 5

Pinyin: jiàn

English Definition: to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass; straw mat

Chinese Definition:
①推举，介绍：推荐。举荐。荐擢。
②频仍，屡次：荐仍(一再)。荐饥(连年饥荒)。荐食(一再吞食，喻不断侵略)。荐臻(接连来到)。
③进献，祭献：荐羞(进献肴馔)。荐新(以初熟谷物或时鲜果物祭献)。荐胙(供献鬼神的肉)。
④草：“麋鹿食荐”。
⑤草席，垫子：草荐。棕荐。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 艸

Ideographic:A perennial; grass 艹 that survives 存 year-after-year

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 存 [ cún ] to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit

Similar Characters: 萃

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Example Words

推荐HSK 5	tuī jiàn	to recommend; recommendation
举荐	jǔ jiàn	to recommend
自荐	zì jiàn	to recommend oneself (for a job)
引荐	yǐn jiàn	to recommend sb; to give a referral
毛遂自荐	máo suì zì jiàn	Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)

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Example Sentences

1		nǐ xǐ huān 你喜欢 shén me 什么 kǒu wèi 口味 de 的 hé fàn 盒饭？ wǒ 我 tuī jiàn 推荐 zhè jiā 这家 diàn 店 de 的 suān tián 酸甜 pái gǔ fàn 排骨饭。 What flavor of boxed lunch do you like? I recommend this restaurant's sweet and sour spare rib box lunch.
2		yào 要 xiǎng 想 dào dá 到达 mù biāo 目标， bì xū 必须 ná chū 拿出 máo suì zì jiàn 毛遂自荐 de 的 jīng shen 精神。 If you want to achieve your goal, you must show the spirit of volunteering.
3		zhè 这 běn shū 本书 fēi cháng 非常 yǒu qù 有趣， wǒ 我 tuī jiàn 推荐 nǐ 你 yě 也 qù 去 kàn 看 yī 一 kàn 看。 This book is very interesting, I recommend you to read it too.
4		fú wù yuán 服务员 huì 会 hěn 很 lè yì 乐意 wèi 为 nín 您 tuī jiàn 推荐 yī 一 kuǎn 款 hǎo 好 de 的 hóng jiǔ 红酒。 The waiter will be happy to recommend a good red wine for you.
5		shòu dào 受到 yōu xiù 优秀 xué sheng 学生 de 的 tuī jiàn 推荐， tā 他 bèi lù qǔ 被录取 wèi 为 bó shì 博士 yán jiū shēng 研究生。 Recommended by outstanding students, he was admitted as a PhD candidate.

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1		nǐ xǐ huān 你喜欢 shén me 什么 kǒu wèi 口味 de 的 hé fàn 盒饭？ wǒ 我 tuī jiàn 推荐 zhè jiā 这家 diàn 店 de 的 suān tián 酸甜 pái gǔ fàn 排骨饭。 What flavor of boxed lunch do you like? I recommend this restaurant's sweet and sour spare rib box lunch.
2		yào 要 xiǎng 想 dào dá 到达 mù biāo 目标， bì xū 必须 ná chū 拿出 máo suì zì jiàn 毛遂自荐 de 的 jīng shen 精神。 If you want to achieve your goal, you must show the spirit of volunteering.
3		zhè 这 běn shū 本书 fēi cháng 非常 yǒu qù 有趣， wǒ 我 tuī jiàn 推荐 nǐ 你 yě 也 qù 去 kàn 看 yī 一 kàn 看。 This book is very interesting, I recommend you to read it too.
4		fú wù yuán 服务员 huì 会 hěn 很 lè yì 乐意 wèi 为 nín 您 tuī jiàn 推荐 yī 一 kuǎn 款 hǎo 好 de 的 hóng jiǔ 红酒。 The waiter will be happy to recommend a good red wine for you.
5		shòu dào 受到 yōu xiù 优秀 xué sheng 学生 de 的 tuī jiàn 推荐， tā 他 bèi lù qǔ 被录取 wèi 为 bó shì 博士 yán jiū shēng 研究生。 Recommended by outstanding students, he was admitted as a PhD candidate.

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