(jiàn yì) - suggest, advise, recommendation in Mandarin
jiànyìTraditional: 建議
Translation
suggest, advise, recommendation
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Word origin
建议 means 'to suggest; a suggestion': 建 (jiàn, 'to build, to establish') plus 议 (yì, 'to discuss, opinion', with 讠the speech radical, simplified from 議). Together: to put forward a proposal.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 建 (jiàn, to establish) + 议 (yì, to discuss: 讠speech + 义 phonetic)
Stroke order
建
议
Examples
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I suggest you go see a doctor.
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He offered very good advice.
？
What recommendations do you have?
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I suggest you rest a bit earlier.
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His suggestion is very useful.
建议 (jiàn yì) means suggest, advise, recommendation. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.
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