推薦

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See also: 推荐

Chinese

push; refuse (responsibility); shove
to recommend; to offer sacrifice; straw (mat)
to recommend; to offer sacrifice; straw (mat); repeatedly
 
trad. (推薦) 推 薦
simp. (推荐) 推 荐
alternative forms 推荐

Pronunciation

Verb

推薦

  1. to recommend; to suggest
    強烈推薦／强烈推荐  ―  qiángliè tuījiàn  ―  to strongly recommend
    線路推薦／线路推荐  ―  xiànlù tuījiàn  ―  recommended route
    你可不可以推薦幾個比較好的學校？ [MSC, trad.]
    你可不可以推荐几个比较好的学校？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ kě bù kěyǐ tuījiàn jǐge bǐjiào hǎo de xuéxiào?
    Could you recommend a few good schools?

Usage notes

Use 推薦／推荐 (tuījiàn) when recommending a specific thing or person, and 建議／建议 (jiànyì) when suggesting a course of action.

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Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
推 薦
すい
Grade: 6 		せん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

推(すい)薦(せん) • (suisen) 

  1. recommendation

Verb

推(すい)薦(せん)する • (suisen suru) suru (stem 推(すい)薦(せん)し (suisen shi), past 推(すい)薦(せん)した (suisen shita))

  1. to recommend

Conjugation

Conjugation of "推薦する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 推薦し すいせんし suisen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 推薦し すいせんし suisen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 推薦する すいせんする suisen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 推薦する すいせんする suisen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 推薦すれ すいせんすれ suisen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 推薦せよ¹
推薦しろ² 		すいせんせよ¹
すいせんしろ² 		suisen seyo¹
suisen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 推薦される すいせんされる suisen sareru
Causative 推薦させる
推薦さす 		すいせんさせる
すいせんさす 		suisen saseru
suisen sasu
Potential 推薦できる すいせんできる suisen dekiru
Volitional 推薦しよう すいせんしよう suisen shiyō
Negative 推薦しない すいせんしない suisen shinai
Negative continuative 推薦せず すいせんせず suisen sezu
Formal 推薦します すいせんします suisen shimasu
Perfective 推薦した すいせんした suisen shita
Conjunctive 推薦して すいせんして suisen shite
Hypothetical conditional 推薦すれば すいせんすれば suisen sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
推薦

Noun

推薦 • (chucheon) (hangeul 추천)

  1. hanja form? of 추천 (“recommendation”)
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