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HSK
7-9+

to recommend oneself

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

zi4jian4 zìjiàn

Meaning


Primary

to recommend oneself

Alternatives

recommend oneself, recommends oneself, recommending oneself, recommend myself, recommend herself, recommend hisself

Mnemonic


自荐 To recommend oneself is 荐 to recommend that you your 自 self take on some job or responsibility.

Usage


我 想 自荐 担任 这 个 职位。

I want to recommend myself for this position.

她 大胆 地 自荐 当 领导。

She boldly recommended herself to be the leader.

没人 来 志愿, 所以 我 自荐 了。

No one volunteered, so I recommended myself.