HSK 6 · Verbs

赞叹 zàntàn “to marvel at” in Chinese

Traditional 讚嘆

What 赞叹 means

  1. to marvel at
  2. to praise highly
  3. to exclaim in admiration

How to say 赞叹

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale叹tàn4th tone, falling

赞叹 in a sentence

  1. 看到这么美的风景，大家都赞叹不已。

    Kàndào zhème měi de fēngjǐng, dàjiā dōu zàntàn bùyǐ.

    Everyone marvelled at such beautiful scenery.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她的中文说得这么好，让人赞叹。

    Tā de Zhōngwén shuō de zhème hǎo, ràng rén zàntàn.

    Her Chinese is so good it’s amazing.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 赞叹 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 叹 (tàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
叹tànto sigh
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 又again · yòu

How to write 赞叹

赞 16 strokes · 叹 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 赞叹

Words with 赞

称赞chēngzàn · to praise赞成zànchéng · to approve赞美zànměi · to admire赞助zànzhù · to sponsor

Words with 叹

叹气tànqì · to sigh

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预料yùliào · to expect酝酿yùnniàng · to brew预期yùqī · to expect预言yùyán · to predict责怪zéguài · to blame证实zhèngshí · to confirm斟酌zhēnzhuó · to deliberate致辞zhìcí · to give a speech (formal)

FAQs

赞叹 (zàntàn) means “to marvel at” or “to praise highly”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zàntàn: zàn with a 4th tone, then tàn 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, 赞叹 is written 讚嘆. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zantan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 赞叹 from the suggestions. Typing zantan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
赞叹 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.