BaoziHSK Cards
  1. Home
  2. HSK 6
  3. Character and Will

崇拜

chóngbài

to worship, to adore

HSK 6 · Topic “Character and Will”
A child gazes up in awe at a tall caped figure
Memory picture

Characters in this word

崇 chóng

Strokes
11
Radical
山 — mountain, hill, peak
Made of
山 mountain, hill, peak 宗 ancestry, clan, family, lineage
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 崇

拜 bài

Strokes
9
Radical
手 — hand
Made of
手 hand 手 hand
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 拜

Example phrases

  • 他并不盲目崇拜名人，而是关注他们成功背后的长期努力。 Tā bìng bù mángmù chóngbài míngrén, ér shì guānzhù tāmen chénggōng bèihòu de chángqī nǔlì. He does not blindly worship celebrities, but pays attention to the long-term effort behind their success.
  • 小时候我特别崇拜我的哥哥。 Xiǎoshíhou wǒ tèbié chóngbài wǒ de gēge. As a child I idolised my older brother.
  • 这个男孩崇拜消防员，长大后也想救人。 Zhège nánhái chóngbài xiāofángyuán, zhǎngdà hòu yě xiǎng jiù rén. This boy admires firefighters and wants to save people too when he grows up.

Related words

All HSK 6 words →