RECOMMEND  推薦薦

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Hypernym
  • PRAISESPEAK about something GOOD and NOT COMMON in ANOTHER HUMAN, ANIMAL OR THING.
    • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for recommending someone is jiàn 薦 (ant. yǐn 隱 "refuse to recommend and keep unknown").

2. Tuī 推 (ant. xiàn 陷 "intrugue against") refers to the recommending someone and the pushing for his promotion.

3. Jǔ 舉 and jìn 進 are both occasionally used not only for the act of promotion itself but for the attempt to get someone promoted through recommendation.

Modern Chinese Criteria
推薦 is the current modern word for a recommendation.

引薦 is a rather formal word for a recommendation.

舉薦 (lit) refers to a formal recommendation for a more elevated position.

薦舉 (lit) refers to a formal recommendation for a more elevated position.

薦

薦引 combines the idea of a recommendation with that of an introduction.

援引 refers to promotion and introduction as ways of recommending someone.

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • vtoN : 23
  • vttoN1.+prep+N2 : 2
  • vt(oN) : 2
  • VPtoN : 1

Attributions by text

  • 說苑 : 12
  • 韓非子 : 8
  • 史記 : 2
  • 荀子 : 2
  • 春秋左傳 : 1
  • 晏子春秋 : 1
  • 論衡 : 1
  • 鹽鐵論 : 1

Words

進  jìn OC: tsins MC: tsin 13 AttributionsWD

Jǔ 舉 and jìn 進 are both occasionally used not only for the act of promotion itself but for the attempt to get someone promoted through recommendation.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNpromote; recommend for promotion
  • vttoN1.+prep+N2recommend N1 to N2DS
薦  jiàn OC: tseens MC: tsen 6 AttributionsWD

The current general word for recommending someone is jiàn 薦 (ant. yǐn 隱 "refuse to recommend and keep unknown").

    Word relations
  • Contrast: 稱/PRAISE Chēng 稱 (ant. bang 謗"speak ill of behind his back") refers to "honourable mentioning" in public contexts and favourable public assessment of someone.
  • Synon: 舉/RECOMMEND Jǔ 舉 and jìn 進 are both occasionally used not only for the act of promotion itself but for the attempt to get someone promoted through recommendation.

    Syntactic words
  • vt(oN)recommend the contextually determinate NCH
  • vtoNrecommend for promotion
  • vttoN1.+prep+N2recommend N1 to N2
推  tuī OC: kh-luul MC: thuo̝i
推  chuī OC: khljul MC: tɕhi 4 AttributionsWD

Tuī 推 (ant. xiàn 陷 "intrugue against") refers to the recommending someone and the pushing for his promotion.

    Syntactic words
  • vt(oN)promote, push forward, advocate the contextually determinate NLZ
  • vtoNpromote, push forward, advocate
舉  jǔ OC: klaʔ MC: ki̯ɤ 4 AttributionsWD

Jǔ 舉 and jìn 進 are both occasionally used not only for the act of promotion itself but for the attempt to get someone promoted through recommendation.

    Word relations
  • Synon: 薦/RECOMMEND The current general word for recommending someone is jiàn 薦 (ant. yǐn 隱 "refuse to recommend and keep unknown").

    Syntactic words
  • nabactrecommendation for promotion
  • vtoNrecommend for promotion
譽薦  yù jiàn OC: k-las tseens MC: ji̯ɤ tsen 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNLH: recommend
稱  chēng OC: thjɯŋ MC: tɕhɨŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNrecommend

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