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赞扬

zàn yáng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 讚揚

赞扬 (zàn yáng) means "to praise; to approve of; to show approval". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 赞扬 means

1. to praise
2. to approve of
3. to show approval

The characters in 赞扬

• 赞zàn(bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 赞
• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing

Example sentences

• 赞扬比批评更容易让人接受。
  Zànyáng bǐ pīpíng gèng róngyì ràng rén jiēshòu.
  People can accept praise more easily than criticism.
• 马克是如此的诚实所以每个人都赞扬他。
  Mǎkè shì rúcǐ de chéngshí suǒyǐ měigerén dōu zànyáng tā.
  Mark is so honest that everybody commends him for it.

Where 赞扬 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zàn–zēng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zàn yáng correctly.
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