讚
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zàn · to praise, to eulogize

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26Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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言Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 讚

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Example sentences

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Jì dé chēng zàn tā de xīn yáng zhuāng.記得稱讚她的新洋裝。

Remember to admire her new dress.

Source: Tatoeba #3158497 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Mǎ kè shì rú cǐ de chéng shí suǒ yǐ měi gè rén dōu chēng zàn tā.馬克是如此的誠實所以每個人都稱讚他。

Mark is so honest that everyone praises him for it.

Source: Tatoeba #827586 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Mǎ kè shì rú cǐ de chéng shí suǒ yǐ měi gè rén dōu zàn yáng tā.馬克是如此的誠實所以每個人都讚揚他。

Mark is so honest that everybody commends him for it.

Source: Tatoeba #827589 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de huà huà dé bìng bú shì hěn hǎo, suǒ yǐ méi yǒu huò dé rén mén de zàn shǎng.他的畫畫得並不是很好,所以沒有獲得人們的讚賞。

His painting wasn't particularly good, so no one praised him for it.

Source: Tatoeba #345682 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā wú lùn zuò shén mó dōu huì shòu dào zàn shǎng.他無論做什麼都會受到讚賞。

No matter what he may do, he will be praised.

Source: Tatoeba #10401452 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tīng qǐ lái hěn zàn, wǒ huì jiāng nǐ tí dào de nà jiā cān tīng jì xià lái!聽起來很讚,我會將你提到的那家餐廳記下來!

I'll keep the address of the restaurant you mentioned—it sounds great!

Source: Tatoeba #13151231 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 讚 in context

  1. Say zàn, then recall the core meaning: to praise, to eulogize.
  2. Write all 26 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 讚 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.