舉薦

Chinese

		to lift; to hold up; to cite to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect	to recommend; to offer sacrifice; straw (mat) to recommend; to offer sacrifice; straw (mat); repeatedly
trad. (舉薦)		舉	薦
simp. (举荐)		举	荐
alternative forms		舉荐
anagram		薦舉／荐举

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǔjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi² zin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kí-chiàn / kír-chiàn / kú-chiàn / kú-chiān / kí-chiān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǔjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǔjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chü³-chien⁴
    • Yale: jyǔ-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeujiann
    • Palladius: цзюйцзянь (czjujczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi² zin³
    • Yale: géui jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey² dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu² jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯³⁵ t͡siːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí-chiàn
    • Tâi-lô: kí-tsiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kyciexn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kír-chiàn
    • Tâi-lô: kír-tsiàn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú-chiàn
    • Tâi-lô: kú-tsiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwciexn
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kú-chiān
    • Tâi-lô: kú-tsiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwcien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí-chiān
    • Tâi-lô: kí-tsiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kycien
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn²²/

Verb

舉薦

1. to recommend (a person)

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 推薦 / 推荐 (tuījiàn)
• 推選 / 推选 (tuīxuǎn)
• 提議 / 提议 (tíyì)
• 薦舉 / 荐举 (jiànjǔ)