(jiàn yì) - suggest, advise, recommendation in Mandarin

jiànyì

Traditional: 建議

HSK 4

#876 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

suggest, advise, recommendation

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

。

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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This word is part of lesson 18.