HSK 5 · Verbs

赞美 zànměi “to admire” in Chinese

Traditional 讚美

What 赞美 means

  1. to admire
  2. to praise
  3. to eulogise

How to say 赞美

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale美měi3rd tone, dipping

赞美 in a sentence

  1. 他把她的话当作是一种赞美。

    Tā bǎ tā de huà dàngzuò shì yì zhǒng zànměi.

    He took her words as a compliment.

    Sentence #461624 from Tatoeba

How 赞美 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 美 (měi) with each of its parts in a different colour
美měibeautiful
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 大big · dà

How to write 赞美

赞 16 strokes · 美 9 strokes

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

Words related to 赞美

Words with 赞

称赞chēngzàn · to praise赞成zànchéng · to approve赞叹zàntàn · to marvel at赞助zànzhù · to sponsor

Words with 美

美měi · beautiful美丽měilì · beautiful完美wánměi · perfect优美yōuměi · graceful美术měishù · art美观měiguān · attractive美满měimǎn · happy美妙měimiào · wonderful审美shěnměi · aesthetic物美价廉wùměijiàlián · good quality at a low price

More words: Thinking & Talking

疑问yíwèn · question议论yìlùn · to comment犹豫yóuyù · to hesitate赞成zànchéng · to approve责备zébèi · to blame争论zhēnglùn · to argue征求zhēngqiú · to solicit智慧zhìhuì · wisdom

FAQs

赞美 (zànměi) means “to admire” or “to praise”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zànměi: zàn with a 4th tone, then měi 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, 赞美 is written 讚美. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zanmei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 赞美 from the suggestions. Typing zanmei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
赞美 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.