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Congratulate in Chinese

to congratulate · HSK 4

祝贺 zhù hè

  1. 祝 zhù to wish
  2. 贺 hè to congratulate

祝贺你考上大学! Congratulations on getting into college!

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How do you say congratulate in Chinese?

Congratulate in Chinese is 祝贺 (zhù hè). You can also say 恭喜 (gōng xǐ).

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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