推薦

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuījiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi¹ zin³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhûi-chien / thûi-chien

(Hailu, HRS): cui^ˋ zien^ˇ / tui^ˋ zien^ˇ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tui¹ zeng⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thui-chiàn / thui-chiān / chhui-chiàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): cui¹ zing³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹the-ci

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuījiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tueijiàn
  - Wade–Giles: tʻui¹-chien⁴
  - Yale: twēi-jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueijiann
  - Palladius: туйцзянь (tujczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    推薦 / 推荐
    推見 / 推见
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: teoi¹ zin³
  - Yale: tēui jin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toey¹ dzin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: têu¹ jin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûi-chien / thûi-chien
  - Hakka Romanization System: cui^ˊ jien / tui^ˊ jien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cui¹ jian⁴ / tui¹ jian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu̯i²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si̯en⁵⁵/, /tʰu̯i²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si̯en⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cui^ˋ zien^ˇ / tui^ˋ zien^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰui⁵³ t͡sien¹¹/, /tʰui⁵³ t͡sien¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tui¹ zeng⁴ [Phonetic: tui² zeng⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tui-ce̍ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui⁵³³⁻¹³ t͡sɛŋ⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tui¹ zeng⁴ [Phonetic: tui² zeng⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɛŋ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-chiàn
  - Tâi-lô: thui-tsiàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tuiciexn
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui³³ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-chiān
  - Tâi-lô: thui-tsiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tuicien
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-chiàn
  - Tâi-lô: tshui-tsiàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuiciexn
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cui¹ zing³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshui tsìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui³³⁻²³ t͡siŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹the-ci
  - MiniDict: the^平 ci
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹the-ji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰe⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

Verb

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.

Synonyms

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介紹 / 介绍 (jièshào)
保舉 / 保举 (bǎojǔ) (literary, to recommend somebody for a post with one's personal guarantee)
保薦 / 保荐 (bǎojiàn) (literary, to recommend someone for a promotion)
建議 / 建议 (jiànyì)
引薦 / 引荐 (yǐnjiàn)
引進 / 引进 (yǐnjìn)
推舉 / 推举 (tuījǔ)
推選 / 推选 (tuīxuǎn)
提議 / 提议 (tíyì)
舉薦 / 举荐 (jǔjiàn)
薦舉 / 荐举 (jiànjǔ)

Derived terms

推薦信 / 推荐信 (tuījiànxìn)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいせん [sùíséń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨisẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

推(すい)薦(せん) • (suisen)

recommendation

Verb

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

to recommend
- 2025 February 21, 長谷川淳二, quotee, “第217回国会　衆議院　予算委員会　第14号　令和7年2月21日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館:
  選挙ともなれば、それぞれの組合が候補者を推薦され、支援をされておることは事実でございます。
  Senkyo to mo nareba, sorezore no kumiai ga kōho-sha o suisen sare, shien o sarete oru koto wa jijitsu de gozai-masu.
  It is true that when it comes to elections, each union recommends and supports candidates.

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

Related terms

薦(すす)める (susumeru): to recommend

References

^ 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

“推薦”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
推	薦

Noun

推薦 • (chucheon) (hangeul 추천)

hanja form^? of 추천 (“recommendation”)

[NHK-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

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