赞 zàn
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 兟 to advance 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
赞叹
zàntàn
to exclaim in admiration; to praise
Characters in this word
叹 tàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 参观者无不赞叹古桥榫卯结构的精巧与稳固。 Cānguānzhě wúbù zàntàn gǔqiáo sǔnmǎo jiégòu de jīngqiǎo yǔ wěngù. Visitors all marvelled at the ingenuity and stability of the ancient bridge's mortise-and-tenon structure.
- 观众赞叹演员的表演十分精彩。 Guānzhòng zàntàn yǎnyuán de biǎoyǎn shífēn jīngcǎi. The audience marvelled at how wonderful the actors' performance was.
- 他的书法让在场老师都赞叹不已。 Tā de shūfǎ ràng zàichǎng lǎoshī dōu zàntàn bùyǐ. His calligraphy left all the teachers present full of admiration.
Related words
- 称赞 chēngzàn to praise
- 赞成 zànchéng to agree with
- 赞赏 zànshǎng to appreciate; to admire
- 赞助 zànzhù to sponsor
- 赞同 zàntóng to agree, to approve
- 赞不绝口 zànbùjuékǒu to be full of praise; to praise endlessly
- 赞美 zànměi to praise; to extol
- 赞许 zànxǔ to approve of; to praise
- 赞扬 zànyáng to praise; to commend
- 感叹 gǎntàn to sigh; to exclaim with feeling
- 惊叹 jīngtàn to marvel at; to exclaim in admiration
- 叹气 tànqì to sigh