# 推薦
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tuījiàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi$^1$ zin$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûi-chien
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thui-chiàn / thui-chiān / chhui-chiàn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cui$^1$ zing$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$the-ci
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tuījiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tueijiàn
*** Wade–Giles: tʻui$^1$-chien$^4$
*** Yale: twēi-jyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueijiann
*** Palladius: туйцзянь (tujczjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$推薦／推荐 推見／推见
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: teoi$^1$ zin$^3$
*** Yale: tēui jin
*** Cantonese Pinyin: toey$^1$ dzin$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: têu$^1$ jin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûi-chien
*** Hakka Romanization System: cui$^ˊ$ jien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cui$^1$ jian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu̯i²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si̯en⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-chiàn
*** Tâi-lô: thui-tsiàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tuiciexn
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui³³ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui-chiān
*** Tâi-lô: thui-tsiān
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tuicien
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²²/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-chiàn
*** Tâi-lô: tshui-tsiàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhuiciexn
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cui$^1$ zing$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshui tsìng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰui³³⁻²³ t͡siŋ²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$the-ci
*** MiniDict: the$^平$ ci
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$the-ji
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰe⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

### Verb

推薦
* to recommend; to suggest
    強烈推薦／强烈推荐 ― qiángliè tuījiàn ― to strongly recommend
    線路推薦／线路推荐 ― xiànlù tuījiàn ― recommended route
       Nǐ kě bù kěyǐ tuījiàn jǐge bǐjiào hǎo de xuéxiào? [Pinyin]
       Could you recommend a few good schools?

#### 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

* 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])
* IPA: [sɨisẽ̞ɴ]

### Noun

推(すい)薦(せん) • (suisen)
* recommendation

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 推 | 薦 |

### Noun

推薦 • (chucheon) (hangeul 추천)
* hanja form of 추천 (“recommendation”)