稱頌

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. (稱頌)		稱	頌
simp. (称颂)		称	颂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēngsòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ ㄙㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ zung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-siōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēngsòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ ㄙㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chengsòng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹-sung⁴
    • Yale: chēng-sùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengsonq
    • Palladius: чэнсун (čɛnsun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ zung⁶
    • Yale: chīng juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-siōng
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-siōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsiong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ siɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²²/

Verb

稱頌

1. to praise; to extol; to eulogize

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)
• 稱美／称美 (chēngměi) (literary)
• 稱許／称许 (chēngxǔ)
• 稱謂／称谓 (chēngwèi) (literary)
• 稱譽／称誉 (chēngyù) (literary)
• 稱讚／称赞 (chēngzàn)
• 稱道／称道 (chēngdào)
• 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)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (稱頌):

• → Vietnamese: xưng tụng (稱頌)