HSK 6 · Verbs

过奖 guòjiǎng “you flatter me” in Chinese

Traditional 過獎

What 过奖 means

  1. you flatter me
  2. to overpraise
  3. to flatter

How to say 过奖

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale过guò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale奖jiǎng3rd tone, dipping

过奖 in a sentence

  1. 过奖了。

    Guòjiǎng le.

    You flatter me.

    Sentence #926112 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 过奖 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 过 (guò) with each of its parts in a different colour
过guòto cross
  • 寸inch · cùn
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 咼 () hints at the sound. Compare it with guò.

Memory aidWalking 辶 past: to pass, to cross. In the full form 過, 咼 (guō) gave the sound.

The character 奖 (jiǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
奖jiǎngprize; award; bonus; reward
  • 丬half of tree trunk · qiángSound part
  • 夕evening · xī
  • 大big · dàMeaning part

大 hints at the meaning (big); 丬 (qiáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎng.

How to write 过奖

过 6 strokes · 奖 9 strokes

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

Words related to 过奖

Words with 过

过guò · to pass过年guònián · to celebrate the Chinese New Year过来guòlái · to come over难过nánguò · be grieved过去guòqù · in the past经过jīngguò · to pass过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival超过chāoguò · to surpass通过tōngguò · to pass through过程guòchéng · course of events

Words with 奖

奖金jiǎngjīn · bonus奖励jiǎnglì · to reward奖赏jiǎngshǎng · to reward

More words: Thinking & Talking

公认gōngrèn · generally recognised构思gòusī · to conceive (an idea or plot)鼓动gǔdòng · to stir up辜负gūfù · to let down过问guòwèn · to concern oneself with寒暄hánxuān · to exchange pleasantries哼hēng · to hum哄hǒng · to coax

FAQs

过奖 (guòjiǎng) means “you flatter me” or “to overpraise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guòjiǎng: guò with a 4th tone, then jiǎng with a 3rd 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, 过奖 is written 過獎. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guojiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 过奖 from the suggestions. Typing guojiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
过奖 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.