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荐 jiàn

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荐 jiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàn | jian4
English translation
to recommend
to offer sacrifice (arch.)
grass
straw mat
to recommend; to recur, to repeat

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About 荐 jiàn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

薦 jiàn

Contains the radical

艹 cǎo

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

A perennial; grass 艹 cǎo that survives 存 cún  year-after-year

Etymology of 荐 jiàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱艹存

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 cǎo represents the meaning and 存 cún represents the sound. Simplified form of 薦 jiàn . Based on the original meaning "straw mat". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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Example sentences using 荐 jiàn

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我 wǒ 能 Néng 向 Xiàng 您 nín 推荐 tuījiàn 厨师 chú shī 特选扒 bā 大虾 dà xiā ?

May I suggest you try the king prawn, the chef recommends it.

法老 fǎ lǎo 的 de 臣子 chén zǐ 看见 kànjiàn 她 tā ,就 jiù 把 bǎ 她 tā 举荐 jǔ jiàn 给 gěi 法老 fǎ lǎo , 于是 yúshì 她就被 bèi 带 dài 去 qù 收 shōu 进 jìn 法老的内 nèi 宫中.

Pharaoh's courtiers saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's household.

1962年 Nián , 薛亚萍经 Jīng 陈少霖引荐 yǐn jiàn 拜 bài 张君秋大师 dà shī .

In 1962, Yaping introduced by Chen Shaolin Master Zhang Junqiu al.

无论 wúlùn 我 wǒ 怎样 zěn yàng 竭力 jié lì 推荐 tuījiàn 这 zhè 本 běn 书 Shū ,也 Yě 不 bù 嫌 xián 过分 guòfèn .

I cannot recommend the book too strongly.

他们 tā men 推荐 tuījiàn 这种 zhè zhǒng 方法 fāngfǎ 做 zuò 为 wéi 测定 cè dìng 银 yín 分散度的 de 方法 fāngfǎ .

They recommend this method as a measurement for determination of Ag dispersions.

Words with 荐 jiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
推荐 tuījiàn to recommend推薦
推荐信 tuī jiàn xìn recommendation letter推薦信
引荐 yǐn jiàn to recommend sb引薦
自荐 zì jiàn to recommend oneself (for a job)自薦
荐 jiàn grass薦 jiàn
举荐 jǔ jiàn to recommend舉薦
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 Chǔ of the Warring states)毛遂自薦
荐举 jiàn jǔ to nominate薦舉
荐引 jiàn yǐn to introduce薦引
饥馑荐臻 jī jǐn jiàn zhēn famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)饑饉薦臻

荐 jiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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荐 jiàn Decomposition

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荐 jiàn Compounds

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