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建议

jiàn yì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 建議 Measure word 点

建议 (jiàn yì) means "to suggest; suggestion". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 建议 means

1. to propose; to suggest; to recommend
2. proposal; suggestion; recommendation

The characters in 建议

• 建jiànto establish; to found; to set up
• 议yìto comment on; to discuss; to suggest

Example sentences

• 牢记他的建议。
  Láojì tā de jiànyì.
  Bear his advice in mind.
• 谢谢你的建议。
  Thank you for your advice.
• 我建议他保密。
  I advised him to keep the secret.
• 他建议她戒酒。
  He advised her to stop drinking.
• 我需要些建议。
  I need advice.
• 你建议了什么？
  What did you suggest?

Words starting with 建议

• 建议售价jiàn yì shòu jiàrecommended retail price (RRP)

Where 建议 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Building, Planning & Organizing (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiàn yì correctly.
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