HSK 5 · Verbs

赞成 zànchéng “to approve” in Chinese

Traditional 贊成

What 赞成 means

  1. to approve
  2. to endorse
  3. to approve of
  4. to agree with

How to say 赞成

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale赞zàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale成chéng2nd tone, rising

赞成 in a sentence

  1. 你赞成还是反对这个建议？

    Nǐ zànchéng háishi fǎnduì zhè ge jiànyì?

    Are you for or against the proposal?

    Sentence #1565707 from Tatoeba

  2. 我赞成你的计划。

    Wǒ zànchéng nǐ de jìhuà.

    I’m in favour of your plan.

    Sentence #342716 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我不赞成你吸烟。

    Wǒ bú zànchéng nǐ xīyān.

    I don’t approve of you smoking.

    Sentence #1438519 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 赞成 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 赞 (zàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
赞zànto praise; to laud
  • 兟to advance · shēnSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 兟 (shēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with zàn.

The character 成 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
成chéngto succeed
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 丁part of the character

How to write 赞成

赞 16 strokes · 成 6 strokes

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

Words related to 赞成

Words with 赞

称赞chēngzàn · to praise赞美zànměi · to admire赞叹zàntàn · to marvel at赞助zànzhù · to sponsor

Words with 成

完成wánchéng · to complete成绩chéngjì · achievement变成biànchéng · to turn into成功chénggōng · success成为chéngwéi · to become养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate成人chéngrén · adult成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up构成gòuchéng · to constitute

More words: Thinking & Talking

演讲yǎnjiǎng · speech疑问yíwèn · question议论yìlùn · to comment犹豫yóuyù · to hesitate赞美zànměi · to admire责备zébèi · to blame争论zhēnglùn · to argue征求zhēngqiú · to solicit

FAQs

赞成 (zànchéng) means “to approve” or “to endorse”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zànchéng: zàn with a 4th tone, then chéng with a 2nd 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, 赞成 is written 贊成. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zancheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 赞成 from the suggestions. Typing zancheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
赞成 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.