HSK 6 · Work

奖赏 jiǎngshǎng “to reward” in Chinese

Said as jiángshǎng

Traditional 獎賞

What 奖赏 means

  1. to reward
  2. award
  3. prize

How to say 奖赏

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale奖jiǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale赏shǎng3rd tone, dipping

Said as jiángshǎng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

奖赏 in a sentence

  1. 他因为工作出色得到了奖赏。

    Tā yīnwèi gōngzuò chūsè dédào le jiǎngshǎng.

    He was rewarded for his outstanding work.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这是对你努力学习的奖赏。

    Zhè shì duì nǐ nǔlì xuéxí de jiǎngshǎng.

    This is a reward for your hard work at school.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 奖赏 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 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.

The character 赏 (shǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
赏shǎngto bestow
  • 尚still · shàngSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 尚 (shàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with shǎng.

How to write 奖赏

奖 9 strokes · 赏 12 strokes

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

Words related to 奖赏

Words with 奖

奖金jiǎngjīn · bonus过奖guòjiǎng · you flatter me奖励jiǎnglì · to reward

Words with 赏

欣赏xīnshǎng · to appreciate

More words: Work & Career

后勤hòuqín · logistics汇报huìbào · to report监督jiāndū · to supervise奖励jiǎnglì · to reward解雇jiěgù · to dismiss敬业jìngyè · dedication to one’s work精益求精jīngyìqiújīng · to strive for perfection晋升jìnshēng · to be promoted

FAQs

奖赏 (jiǎngshǎng) means “to reward” or “award”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiǎngshǎng: jiǎng with a 3rd tone, then shǎng with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like jiángshǎng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 奖赏 is written 獎賞. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiangshang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 奖赏 from the suggestions. Typing jiangshang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
奖赏 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.