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Admire in Chinese

to admire · HSK 4

羡慕 xiàn mù

  1. 羡 xiàn to envy
  2. 慕 mù to admire

我真羡慕你有这么多假期。 I really envy you having so much vacation.

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How do you say admire in Chinese?

Admire in Chinese is 羡慕 (xiàn mù). You can also say 佩服 (pèi fú), 赞赏 (zàn shǎng), 欣赏 (xīn shǎng), 服 (fú).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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