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欣赏

xīn shǎng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 欣賞

欣赏 (xīn shǎng) means "to appreciate; to enjoy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 欣赏 means

1. to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire

The characters in 欣赏

• 欣xīnhappy
• 赏shǎngto bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down

Example sentences

• 我欣赏你。
  I admire you.
• 我欣赏好音乐。
  I appreciate good music.
• 我欣赏你的无知。
  I admire your ignorance.
• 凯特受所有人欣赏。
  Kate is looked up to by everybody.
• 汤姆欣赏现代艺术。
  Tom appreciates modern art.
• 我希望汤姆欣赏它。
  I hope Tom appreciates it.

Where 欣赏 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Compensation, Evaluation & Admiration (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xīn shǎng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.