稱許

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 allow; to permit; to praise to allow; to permit; to praise; surname
trad. (稱許)		稱	許
simp. (称许)		称	许

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēngxǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ ㄒㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ heoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēngxǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ ㄒㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chengsyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹-hsü³
    • Yale: chēng-syǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengsheu
    • Palladius: чэнсюй (čɛnsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ heoi²
    • Yale: chīng héui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ hoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ hêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ hɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

稱許

1. to commend; to praise

Synonyms

• 名目 (míngmù) (Classical Chinese)
• 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
• 吹捧 (chuīpěng)
• 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)
• 稱謂／称谓 (chēngwèi) (literary)
• 稱譽／称誉 (chēngyù) (formal)
• 稱讚／称赞 (chēngzàn)
• 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
	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)	阿𧩣, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿𧩣, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿𧩣, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿𧩣, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	安哢, 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