Chinese symbol for “recommend”
推荐
tuī jiàn
Traditional: 推薦
to recommend
The closest CC-CEDICT match for recommend is 推荐 (tuī jiàn), defined as: to recommend.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “recommend”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 引进 (引進) | yǐn jìn | to recommend; to introduce (from outside) |
| 建议 (建議) | jiàn yì | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (点 (diǎn)) |
| 荐 (薦) | jiàn | to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.) |
| 推介 | tuī jiè | to recommend |
| 安利 | ān lì | to recommend (a product etc); to promote |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 推荐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 推动 (推動) | tuī dòng | to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to |
| 推出 | tuī chū | to push out; to release |
| 推进 (推進) | tuī jìn | to impel; to carry forward |
| 推广 (推廣) | tuī guǎng | to extend; to spread |
| 推翻 | tuī fān | to overthrow |
| 引荐 (引薦) | yǐn jiàn | to recommend sb; to give a referral |
| 举荐 (舉薦) | jǔ jiàn | to recommend |
| 自荐 (自薦) | zì jiàn | to recommend oneself (for a job) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “recommend”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.