Chinese symbol for “suggestion”
提议
tí yì
Traditional: 提議
to propose; to suggest; proposal; suggestion
The closest CC-CEDICT match for suggestion is 提议 (tí yì), defined as: to propose; to suggest; proposal; suggestion.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “suggestion”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 意见 (意見) | yì jiàn | idea; opinion |
| 提示 | tí shì | to point out; to remind (sb of sth) |
| 建议 (建議) | jiàn yì | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (点 (diǎn)) |
| 暗示 | àn shì | to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion |
| 建言 | jiàn yán | to make a suggestion; to state (one's views, ideas etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 提议.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 提供 | tí gōng | to offer; to supply |
| 提出 | tí chū | to raise (an issue); to propose |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise; to increase |
| 提升 | tí shēng | to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist |
| 提醒 | tí xǐng | to remind; to call attention to |
| 提到 | tí dào | to mention; to raise (a subject) |
| 会议 (會議) | huì yì | meeting; conference |
| 建议 (建議) | jiàn yì | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (点 (diǎn)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “suggestion”.
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.