HSK 6 · Society

表彰 biǎozhāng “to commend” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 表彰 means

  1. to commend
  2. to honour
  3. to cite (in dispatches)

How to say 表彰

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale彰zhāng1st tone, high and level

表彰 in a sentence

  1. 学校表彰了几位优秀学生。

    Xuéxiào biǎozhāng le jǐ wèi yōuxiù xuésheng.

    The school honoured several outstanding students.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他因为见义勇为受到了表彰。

    Tā yīnwèi jiànyìyǒngwéi shòudào le biǎozhāng.

    He was commended for his bravery in helping others.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 表彰 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 彰 (zhāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
彰zhāngclear
  • 章chapter · zhāngSound part
  • 彡bristle · shānMeaning part

彡 hints at the meaning (bristle); 章 (zhāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhāng.

How to write 表彰

表 8 strokes · 彰 14 strokes

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

Words related to 表彰

Words with 表

手表shǒubiǎo · watch表示biǎoshì · to express表扬biǎoyáng · to praise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

More words: Society & Law

保障bǎozhàng · to ensure被告bèigào · defendant辩护biànhù · to defend表决biǎojué · to vote剥削bōxuē · to exploit草案cǎo'àn · draft (of a law or plan)查获cháhuò · to seize (in an investigation)潮流cháoliú · trend

FAQs

表彰 (biǎozhāng) means “to commend” or “to honour”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biǎozhāng: biǎo with a 3rd tone, then zhāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 表彰 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biaozhang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 表彰 from the suggestions. Typing biaozhang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
表彰 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.