HSK 4 · Verbs

表扬 biǎoyáng “to praise” in Chinese

Traditional 表揚

What 表扬 means

  1. to praise
  2. to commend

How to say 表扬

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale表biǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale扬yáng2nd tone, rising

表扬 in a sentence

  1. 即使在受到表扬的时候，谦虚也是很重要的。

    Jíshǐ zài shòudào biǎoyáng de shíhou, qiānxū yě shì hěn zhòngyào de.

    Even when one is being praised, modesty is important.

    Sentence #10273871 from Tatoeba

How 表扬 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 表 (biǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
表biǎoexterior surface
  • 毛fur · máo
  • 衣clothes · yī

Memory aidFur 毛 on the outside of clothes 衣: the outside, to show.

The character 扬 (yáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
扬yángto raise
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 昜bright · yángSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 昜 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yáng.

How to write 表扬

表 8 strokes · 扬 6 strokes

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表扬 (biǎoyáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 表扬 (biǎoyáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 表扬

Words with 表

手表shǒubiǎo · watch表示biǎoshì · to express表演biǎoyǎn · to perform表格biǎogé · form表达biǎodá · to express表明biǎomíng · to make clear表现biǎoxiàn · to show代表dàibiǎo · representative表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression发表fābiǎo · to issue

Words with 扬

宣扬xuānyáng · to publicise发扬fāyáng · to carry forward飘扬piāoyáng · to flutter

More words: Thinking & Talking

注意zhùyì · pay attention to保证bǎozhèng · guarantee抱歉bàoqiàn · to be sorry表示biǎoshì · to express猜cāi · to guess成功chénggōng · success道歉dàoqiàn · to apologise打招呼dǎzhāohu · to say hello

FAQs

表扬 (biǎoyáng) means “to praise” or “to commend”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it biǎoyáng: biǎo with a 3rd tone, then yáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 表扬 is written 表揚. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biaoyang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 表扬 from the suggestions. Typing biaoyang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
表扬 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.