讚 (zaan3 | zan4) : praise

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讚

zaan3

zan4

praise; commend; extol; laud

Simplified character 赞 represents two traditional homophones: 讚 and 贊.

Stroke count: 26

Level: 3

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

讚 / 赞

This word has been viewed 7665 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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讚歎 zaan3 taan3 zan4 tan4 = highly praise

讚揚 zaan3 joeng4 zan4 yang2 = to praise; to approve of

讚美 zaan3 mei5 zan4 mei3 = to admire; to praise; to applause; to eulogize

讚賞 zaan3 soeng2 zan4 shang3 = to admire; to praise; to appreciate

稱讚 cing1 zaan3 cheng1 zan4 = to praise; to compliment; to acclaim; to commend

讚不絕口 zaan3 bat1 zyut6 hau2 zan4 bu4 jue2 kou3 = continuously praise; to keep lauding; to speak good of without end

頌讚 zung6 zaan3 song4 zan4 = praise; extol; laud; eulogize

賣花讚花香 maai6 faa1 zaan3 faa1 hoeng1 = to boast about oneself

讚譽 zaan3 jyu6 zan4 yu4 = recognize; acclaim; praise

讚頌 zaan3 zung6 zan4 song4 = praise; extol; bless

Showing all 2 examples containing 讚

小明成日讚佢自己
Siu Ming is always praising herself.

如果有個人讚你嘅話，你要謙虛啲！粵
If someone praises you, you need to be more humble!

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Decimal representation of this word: 讚
Unicode code for this character: U+8b9a (off-site link)

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