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恭维

gōng wei

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 恭維

恭维 (gōng wei) means "to praise; to speak highly of; compliment". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 恭维 means

1. to compliment; to praise

The characters in 恭维

• 恭gōngrespectful
• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together

Words containing 恭维

• 不敢恭维bù gǎn gōng wei(idiom) less than impressed; underwhelmed

Sounds the same

Read gōng wei, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 恭惟variant of 恭维

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