夸奖
kuājiǎng
to praise
Characters in this word
奖 jiǎng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 经理公开夸奖他的细心，让团队更重视工作流程。 Jīnglǐ gōngkāi kuājiǎng tā de xìxīn, ràng tuánduì gèng zhòngshì gōngzuò liúchéng. The manager publicly praised his carefulness, making the team pay more attention to work processes.
- 老师夸奖他进步很大，他高兴得笑了起来。 Lǎoshī kuājiǎng tā jìnbù hěn dà, tā gāoxìng de xiào le qǐlái. The teacher praised him for making great progress and he laughed with joy.
- 谢谢您的夸奖，我还要继续努力。 Xièxie nín de kuājiǎng, wǒ hái yào jìxù nǔlì. Thank you for your praise; I still have to keep working hard.
Related words
- 夸 kuā to boast, to praise
- 夸张 kuāzhāng exaggerated
- 夸大 kuādà to exaggerate; to overstate
- 夸夸其谈 kuākuāqítán to talk big; to make grandiose claims
- 夸耀 kuāyào to brag about; to show off
- 抽奖 chōujiǎng to draw a prize
- 获奖 huòjiǎng to win a prize
- 奖 jiǎng prize
- 奖金 jiǎngjīn bonus
- 奖学金 jiǎngxuéjīn scholarship
- 中奖 zhòngjiǎng to win a prize
- 大奖赛 dàjiǎngsài Grand Prix