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称赞

chēng zàn

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

称赞 (chēng zàn) means "to praise (formal)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 称赞 means

1. to praise; to commend; to compliment

The characters in 称赞

• 称chēngto weigh; to state; to name
• 赞zàn(bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 赞

Example sentences

• 他称赞了我。
  He paid me a compliment.
• 他极力称赞了我。
  Tā jílì chēngzàn le wǒ.
  He praised me to the skies.
• 记得称赞她的新洋装。
  Jìde chēngzàn tā de xīn yángzhuāng.
  Remember to admire her new dress.
• 她不仅没责怪他，反而称赞他。
  It wasn't just that she didn't blame him - she actually praised the guy.
• 不管我怎么称赞他们，都不会过分。
  Bù guǎn wǒ zěnme chēngzàn tāmen, dōu bù huì guòfèn.
  I cannot praise them too highly.
• 不管我怎幺称赞他们，都不会过分。
  I cannot praise them too highly.

Words containing 称赞

• 满口称赞mǎn kǒu chēng zànto praise profusely

Where 称赞 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Evaluation, Faults & Criticism (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 chēng zàn correctly.
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