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自荐

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.