过 guò
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
过奖
guòjiǎng
to overpraise; you flatter me
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
- 您过奖了，我只是做了分内的事。 Nín guòjiǎng le, wǒ zhǐshì zuò le fènnèi de shì. You flatter me; I only did what was my duty.
- 你说我唱得像歌手，真是过奖了。 Nǐ shuō wǒ chàng de xiàng gēshǒu, zhēn shì guòjiǎng le. You say I sing like a professional singer, but that is far too generous.
- 哪里哪里，您过奖了，我还有很多要学的。 Nǎlǐ nǎlǐ, nín guòjiǎng le, wǒ hái yǒu hěn duō yào xué de. Not at all, you are too kind; I still have a lot to learn.
Related words
- 过 guò to cross, to pass; to spend (time), to celebrate
- 不过 búguò but; however
- 超过 chāoguò to exceed; to overtake
- 过来 guòlái to come over
- 过年 guònián to celebrate Chinese New Year
- 过去 guòqù to go over; to pass by
- 过 guo ever (past experience marker)
- 见过 jiànguo to have seen before
- 经过 jīngguò to pass by; to go through
- 难过 nánguò sad
- 通过 tōngguò to pass; through
- 走过 zǒuguò to walk past