推荐
Old HSK 5
推荐 (tuījiàn) · to recommend
推荐 (tuījiàn) means “to recommend”. It is written with 2 characters: 推 (to push) + 荐 (to recommend). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 推荐 is built
The characters
推 tuī · to push
What 推 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 隹zhuī — short-tailed bird
- 亻rén — person
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 隹 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
荐 jiàn · to recommend
What 荐 is made of
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 存cún — to exist
- 才cái — ability
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 才cái — ability
Example sentences
你能给我推荐一本好书吗？Nǐ néng gěi wǒ tuījiàn yī běn hǎo shū ma?Can you recommend a good book?
这道菜是服务员推荐的。Zhè dào cài shì fúwùyuán tuījiàn de.The waiter recommended this dish.
Questions about 推荐
What does 推荐 mean?
推荐 (tuījiàn) means “to recommend”.
How do you pronounce 推荐?
推荐 is pronounced tuījiàn.
Which HSK level is 推荐?
推荐 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 推动tuīdòngto push forward
- 推广tuīguǎngto promote
- 推进tuījìnto push forward
- 推开tuīkāito push open
- 推迟tuīchíto postpone
- 推销tuīxiāoto sell
- 推辞tuīcíto decline (an offer or invitation)
- 推测tuīcèto guess
- 推翻tuīfānto overthrow
- 推理tuīlǐreasoning
Learn 推荐 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 96: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.