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Criticize in Chinese

to criticize · HSK 4

批评 pī píng

  1. 批 pī batch
  2. 评 píng to comment

Counted with 个: 一个批评 yí gè pīpíng

他上课玩手机,被老师批评了。 He played on his phone in class and was criticized by the teacher.

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How do you say criticize in Chinese?

Criticize in Chinese is 批评 (pī píng). You can also say 评 (píng), 指责 (zhǐ zé), 说话 (shuō huà), 批 (pī).

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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