HSK 6 · Emotions

钦佩 qīnpèi “to admire” in Chinese

Traditional 欽佩

What 钦佩 means

  1. to admire
  2. to respect
  3. to look up to
  4. to respect sb greatly

How to say 钦佩

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale钦qīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale佩pèi4th tone, falling

钦佩 in a sentence

  1. 我很钦佩他的才干。

    Wǒ hěn qīnpèi tā de cáigàn.

    I really admire his ability.

    Sentence #332988 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我很钦佩他的慷慨大方。

    Wǒ hěn qīnpèi tā de kāngkǎi dàfang.

    I really admire his generosity.

    Sentence #1502443 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 钦佩 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 钦 (qīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
钦qīnto respect
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 欠yawn · qiànSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 欠 (qiàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with qīn.

The character 佩 (pèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
佩pèito respect
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 凡any · fán
  • 巾napkin · jīn

How to write 钦佩

钦 9 strokes · 佩 8 strokes

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

Words related to 钦佩

Words with 佩

佩服pèifú · to admire

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FAQs

钦佩 (qīnpèi) means “to admire” or “to respect”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīnpèi: qīn with a 1st tone, then pèi with a 4th 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, 钦佩 is written 欽佩. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qinpei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 钦佩 from the suggestions. Typing qinpei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
钦佩 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.