荐 jiàn to recommend
怎么记住“荐”: 艹 grass + 存 exist = to recommend. In the garden centre an old seller points to a grass that can exist without any water, and is happy to recommend it to the new neighbour.
部件结构
荐 = 艹 grass + 存 exist
- 艹 grass
- 存 exist
- 才 only just
- 子 child
In the garden centre an old seller points to a grass that can exist without any water, and is happy to recommend it to the new neighbour.
用法
- 荐 is bound and means 'to recommend,' surviving mainly in one everyday word: 推荐 tuījiàn - 我推荐这本书 (wǒ tuījiàn zhè běn shū) - I recommend this book.
- 引荐 yǐnjiàn is more formal, meaning to introduce/recommend a person for a position or to someone influential, common in professional or literary contexts, not casual talk.