HSK 5 · Verbs

欣赏 xīnshǎng “to appreciate” in Chinese

Traditional 欣賞

What 欣赏 means

  1. to appreciate
  2. to enjoy
  3. to admire

How to say 欣赏

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale欣xīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale赏shǎng3rd tone, dipping

欣赏 in a sentence

  1. 我欣赏你。

    Wǒ xīnshǎng nǐ.

    I admire you.

    Sentence #472364 from Tatoeba

  2. 他们欣赏了美丽的风景。

    Tāmen xīnshǎng le měilì de fēngjǐng.

    They admired the beautiful scenery.

    Sentence #13573146 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 从山顶上可以欣赏到秀丽的海景。

    Cóng shāndǐng shàng kěyǐ xīnshǎng dào xiùlì de hǎijǐng.

    From the mountaintop you can enjoy a lovely view of the sea.

    Sentence #425000 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 欣赏 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 欣 (xīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
欣xīnhappy
  • 斤axe · jīnSound part
  • 欠yawn · qiànMeaning part

欠 hints at the meaning (yawn); 斤 (jīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with xīn.

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 欣赏

欣 8 strokes · 赏 12 strokes

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

Words related to 欣赏

Words with 欣

欣慰xīnwèi · gratified欣欣向荣xīnxīnxiàngróng · flourishing

Words with 赏

奖赏jiǎngshǎng · to reward

More words: Thinking & Talking

问候wènhòu · to give one’s respects想念xiǎngniàn · to miss想象xiǎngxiàng · to imagine信任xìnrèn · to trust形容xíngróng · to describe吸取xīqǔ · to absorb叙述xùshù · to relate (a story or information)宣布xuānbù · to declare

FAQs

欣赏 (xīnshǎng) means “to appreciate” or “to enjoy”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xīnshǎng: xīn with a 1st tone, then shǎng 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, 欣赏 is written 欣賞. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinshang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 欣赏 from the suggestions. Typing xinshang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
欣赏 is an HSK 5 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.