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欣赏

xīnshǎng

to admire

HSK 5 · Topic “Assessment and standards”
A person admiring a flower
Memory picture

Characters in this word

欣 xīn

Strokes
8
Radical
欠 — to lack, to owe
Made of
斤 axe 欠 to lack, to owe
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 欣

赏 shǎng

Strokes
12
Radical
贝 — sea shell
Made of
尚 still, yet 贝 sea shell
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我欣赏你。 Wǒ xīnshǎng nǐ. I admire you.
  • 欣赏这幅画。 Xīnshǎng zhè fú huà. Admire this painting.
  • 一起欣赏花。 Yìqǐ xīnshǎng huā. Let’s admire the flowers together.

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