建议 jiàn yì

How 建议 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

• 谢谢你的建议。

  xiè xiè nǐ de jiàn yì

  Thanks for your advice.

• 我建议他保密。

  wǒ jiàn yì tā bǎo mì

  I advised him to keep the secret.