稱讚

See also: 称赞, 稱贊, and 称賛

Chinese

		to call; to praise; to weigh to call; to praise; to weigh; to estimate; to consider; to address; to name; to say; commend; steelyard; balanced; to fit; well-off; suitable	to praise
trad. (稱讚/稱贊)		稱	讚/贊
simp. (称赞)		称	赞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chēngzàn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥㄗㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ zaan³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̂n-chan

(Hailu, HRS): chin^ˋ zan^ˇ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chheng-chàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): cêng¹ zang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chēngzàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥㄗㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chengzàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹-tsan⁴
  - Yale: chēng-dzàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengtzann
  - Palladius: чэнцзань (čɛnczanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ zaan³
  - Yale: chīng jaan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ dzaan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ zan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡saːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̂n-chan
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciin^ˊ zan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cin¹ zan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡san⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chin^ˋ zan^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰin⁵³ t͡san¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-chàn
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-tsàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengzaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡san²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ t͡san⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡san²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡san¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡san²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cêng¹ zang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng tsàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ t͡saŋ²¹³/

Verb

稱讚

(transitive) to praise; to acclaim; to commend; to compliment

Synonyms

名目 (míngmù) (Classical Chinese)
吹噓 / 吹嘘 (chuīxū)
吹捧 (chuīpěng)
呵咾 (Hokkien)
咨嗟 (zījiē) (literary)
嘆 / 叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds)
嘉勉 (jiāmiǎn) (formal, to praise and encourage)
嘆美 / 叹美 (tànměi) (literary)
嘉許 / 嘉许 (jiāxǔ)
嘆賞 / 叹赏 (tànshǎng)
捧 (pěng)
揄揚 / 揄扬 (yúyáng) (literary)
禮讚 / 礼赞 (lǐzàn)
稱嘆 / 称叹 (chēngtàn)
稱揚 / 称扬 (chēngyáng)
稱美 / 称美 (chēngměi) (literary)
稱許 / 称许 (chēngxǔ)
稱謂 / 称谓 (chēngwèi) (literary)
稱譽 / 称誉 (chēngyù) (formal)
稱賞 / 称赏 (chēngshǎng) (formal)
稱道 / 称道 (chēngdào)
稱頌 / 称颂 (chēngsòng)
表彰 (biǎozhāng)
表揚 / 表扬 (biǎoyáng)
褒揚 / 褒扬 (bāoyáng)
誇 / 夸 (kuā)
誇獎 / 夸奖 (kuājiǎng)
讚嘆 / 赞叹 (zàntàn)
讚揚 / 赞扬 (zànyáng)
讚美 / 赞美 (zànměi)
讚許 / 赞许 (zànxǔ)
讚頌 / 赞颂 (zànsòng)
賞 / 赏 (shǎng) (literary, or in compounds)
頌讚 / 颂赞 (sòngzàn)
顯揚 / 显扬 (xiǎnyáng) (literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 誇獎 (“to praise; to compliment”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		誇獎, 稱讚, 稱許, 讚許, 嘉許, 讚揚, 誇讚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	誇, 誇獎, 稱讚
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	稱讚, 誇獎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	讚, 誇獎
	Hong Kong	讚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	讚, 誇獎
Gan	Nanchang	誇, 誇獎, 稱讚
Hakka	Meixian	誇, 誇獎, 誇讚, 稱讚, 讚, 讚揚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	阿腦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿腦, 誇獎
Southern Min	Xiamen	呵咾
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	呵咾
	Quanzhou	呵咾
	Zhangzhou	呵咾
	Zhao'an	呵咾
	Tainan	呵咾
	Penang (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Singapore (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Manila (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Chaozhou	呵咾
	Shantou	呵咾, 誇獎, 誇, 讚揚, 稱讚
	Singapore (Teochew)	呵咾
	Leizhou	呵咾

Derived terms

交口稱讚 / 交口称赞

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (稱讚):

→ Japanese: 称賛(しょうさん) (shōsan)
→ Korean: 칭찬(稱讚) (chingchan)

Korean

Hanja in this term
稱	讚

Noun

稱讚 • (chingchan) (hangeul 칭찬)

hanja form^? of 칭찬 (“compliment, praise”)