建议 (jiànyì) means Propose (suggest - recommend). Below are 12 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我 建议 你早点儿出发。
Wǒ jiànyì nǐ zǎodiǎnr chūfā.
I suggest you set off a bit earlier.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 建议
谢谢你诚恳的 建议 。
Xièxie nǐ chéngkěn de jiànyì.
Thank you for your sincere advice.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 诚恳
他接受了我们的 建议 。
Tā jiēshòu le wǒmen de jiànyì.
He accepted our suggestion.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 接受
领导采纳了他的 建议 。
Lǐngdǎo cǎinà le tā de jiànyì.
The management adopted his suggestion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 采纳
他提了一个很好的 建议 。
Tā tí le yí ge hěn hǎo de jiànyì.
He put forward a very good suggestion.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 提
医生 建议 母亲坚持哺乳。
Yīshēng jiànyì mǔqīn jiānchí bǔrǔ.
The doctor advised the mother to keep breastfeeding.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哺乳
医生 建议 他做颈椎检查。
Yīshēng jiànyì tā zuò jǐngzhuī jiǎnchá.
The doctor advised him to have his cervical spine checked.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 颈椎
医生 建议 他补充维生素。
Yīshēng jiànyì tā bǔchōng wéishēngsù.
The doctor advised him to take vitamin supplements.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 维生素
他的 建议 一提出就被否决。
Tā de jiànyì yì tíchū jiù bèi fǒujué.
His suggestion was rejected the moment he made it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 否决
他提出了几条切实可行的 建议 。
Tā tíchū le jǐ tiáo qièshí kěxíng de jiànyì.
He put forward several practical and workable suggestions.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 切实
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Questions about 建议
How is 建议 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 建议 (jiànyì, "Propose (suggest - recommend)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 建议 an HSK word?
Yes — 建议 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 建议?
The dictionary page for 建议 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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