Praise in Chinese
to praise · HSK 4
表扬
- 表 table
- 扬 to raise
老师在班上表扬了他。 The teacher praised him in front of the class.
Other ways to say praise
More words with 表 or 扬
How do you say praise in Chinese?
Praise in Chinese is 表扬 (biǎo yáng). You can also say 称赞 (chēng zàn), 好评 (hǎo píng), 夸 (kuā), 夸奖 (kuā jiǎng).
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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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.