Advice and advise look similar but function differently in a sentence. Advice is a noun meaning a suggestion or guidance you can receive, give, or follow. Advise is a verb meaning to give a suggestion or to recommend an action. The main learning goal is to choose the correct form by checking whether you need a thing (noun) or an action (verb).

Use advice when you need a noun: it can follow articles like a or some, and it can be the object of verbs like get, give, or take. Use advise when you need a verb: it shows an action someone does, so it can take a subject and often an object. A quick check is to try replacing the word with suggestion; if it fits, you want advice. If you can replace it with recommend, you want advise.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 Rule	Example	🇨🇳 中文 Example
Use advice as a noun for a suggestion or guidance	🧩 将 advice 用作名词表示一个建议或指导	I need advice about my resume.	🧩 我需要关于我的简历的建议。
Use advise as a verb meaning to recommend	🧩 将 advise 作为动词表示提出建议	I advise you to update your resume.	🧩 我建议你更新你的简历。
If you can say a piece of suggestion, you need advice not advise	🧩 如果你能说成“一条建议”，你需要使用 advice 而不是 advise	That is helpful advice.	🧩 那是有帮助的建议。
If the word needs a subject doing the action, you need advise	🧩 如果这个词需要主语来执行动作，你需要 advise	She advises clients every day.	🧩 她每天都给客户提供建议。

Advice refers to guidance as a thing you can ask for, receive, or follow. It commonly appears after verbs like give, offer, need, want, take, and follow. Because advice is a noun, it can be modified by adjectives like good, helpful, practical, and honest. It often pairs with prepositions like about and on to introduce the topic.

Advise expresses the action of recommending or guiding. It is typically followed by an object such as someone, a group, or a pronoun, and it can also be followed by to plus a base verb to state the recommended action. You can also advise that plus a clause for more formal statements. Since it is a verb, it changes form for tense and subject.

Certain sentence frames strongly signal which word you need. If the structure is verb plus object plus to plus verb, you almost always want advise. If the structure is adjective plus blank or verb plus blank plus about or on, you usually want advice. Learning these frames helps you choose quickly without overthinking.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 Rule	Example	🇨🇳 中文 Example
Verb plus someone plus to plus verb uses advise	🧩 动词 + 某人 + to + 动词 构成时使用 advise	They advised me to wait.	🧩 They advised me to wait.
Give or get plus blank uses advice	🧩 Give or get + 空白 使用 advice	She gave me great advice.	🧩 She gave me great advice.
Advice plus about or on introduces a topic	🧩 Advice + about or on 引出话题	He asked for advice on investing.	🧩 He asked for advice on investing.
Advise plus that plus clause sounds formal	🧩 Advise + that + 从句 听起来正式	We advise that you arrive early.	🧩 We advise that you arrive early.

Advice is generally uncountable in standard English, so it does not normally take a plural form in formal writing. Instead of saying an advice, use a piece of advice when you mean one item. You can also use some advice to mean an unspecified amount. In informal speech, you may hear advices, but it is not considered standard.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 Rule	Example	🇨🇳 中文 Example
Use some advice for an unspecified amount	🧩 对于不确定数量，使用 some advice	Can you give me some advice?	🧩 你能给我一些建议吗？
Use a piece of advice for one item	🧩 当指一个条目时，使用 a piece of advice	Here is a piece of advice: save receipts.	🧩 这里有一条建议：请保存收据。
Avoid advices in standard English	🧩 避免在标准英语中使用 advices	She offered helpful advice.	🧩 她提供了有帮助的建议。

Pronunciation helps you distinguish them in speech. Advice ends with an unvoiced s sound, like ice. Advise ends with a voiced z sound, like eyes. Stress falls on the second syllable in both words. Listening for the final sound is often the fastest way to tell which word you heard.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 Rule	Description	🇨🇳 中文 Description	Notation	🇨🇳 中文 Notation	Example	🇨🇳 中文 Example
Advice ends with s	🗣️ Advice ends with s	Final consonant is unvoiced, like s in ice	🗣️ 尾辅音是无声的，像 ice 的发音	/ədˈvaɪs/	🗣️ /ədˈvaɪs/	That advice helped.	🗣️ 那条 advice 帮了大忙。
Advise ends with z	🗣️ Advise ends with z	Final consonant is voiced, like z in eyes	🗣️ 尾辅音是有声的，像 eyes 的 z	/ədˈvaɪz/	🗣️ /ədˈvaɪz/	I advise you to leave.	🗣️ 我建议你离开。
Stress on second syllable	🗣️ Stress on second syllable	The strongest stress is on vaɪ in both words	🗣️ 两个词的重音都落在 vaɪ（第二个音节）上	ə-DEV-ice, ə-DEV-ize	🗣️ ə-DEV-ice, ə-DEV-ize	advice, advise	🗣️ advice, advise

Because advise is a verb, it changes with tense and can appear in common verb patterns. The base form advise becomes advises in the third person singular present. The past tense and past participle are advised. The -ing form is advising.

Subject	🇨🇳 中文 Subject	Form	🇨🇳 中文 Form	Example	🇨🇳 中文 Example
I	🧑 I	advise	🧑 advise	I advise caution.	🧑 I advise caution.
You	🧑 You	advise	🧑 advise	You advise me well.	🧑 You advise me well.
He	🧑 He	advises	🧑 advises	He advises students.	🧑 He advises students.
She	🧑 She	advises	🧑 advises	She advises me to rest.	🧑 She advises me to rest.
It	🧑 It	advises	🧑 advises	The guide advises visitors to arrive early.	🧑 The guide advises visitors to arrive early.
We	🧑 We	advise	🧑 advise	We advise you to call ahead.	🧑 We advise you to call ahead.
They	🧑 They	advise	🧑 advise	They advise clients daily.	🧑 They advise clients daily.

The family of words can help you keep meaning and grammar clear. Adviser or advisor is a noun for a person who gives advice. Advisory is an adjective describing something that offers guidance or a warning. These forms connect to advise as the verb and to advice as the noun concept.

Word/Phrase	🇨🇳 中文 Word/Phrase	Definition	🇨🇳 中文 Definition	Example	🇨🇳 中文 Example
adviser	🧾 adviser	a person who gives advice	🧾 给出建议的人	She is my financial adviser.	🧾 She is my financial adviser.
advisor	🧾 advisor	alternative spelling of adviser, common in job titles	🧾 adviser 的另一种拼写，在职位头衔中常见	He is a student advisor.	🧾 He is a student advisor.
advisory	🧾 advisory	giving advice or serving as a warning	🧾 提供建议或用作警告	The agency issued an advisory.	🧾 The agency issued an advisory.

To choose correctly, decide whether you are naming guidance or describing the act of recommending. If you can put the word after the or some, you need advice. If you can add a subject before it and an object after it, you need advise. Use pronunciation as a final check: advice ends in s, advise ends in z.