夸奖 meaning in English

kuājiǎng

to praise; to applaud

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 誇獎15 strokes

Meaning of 夸奖

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kuājiǎng
  1. to praise
  2. to applaud
  3. to compliment

夸奖 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

当dāng丽lì玛mǎ开kāi始shǐ夸kuā奖jiǎng齐qí里lǐ时shí,齐qí里lǐ就jiù像xiàng七qī月yuè的de冰bīng淇qí淋lín一yī样yàng融róng化huà了le。
Ziri was melting like ice cream in July when Rima started complimenting him.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

夸 kuā · to boast · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

奖 jiǎng · prize · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 夸奖.

奖金jiǎngjīnpremium; award money
奖学金jiǎngxuéjīnscholarship
获奖huòjiǎngto win an award
中奖zhòngjiǎngto win a prize (in a lottery etc)
抽奖chōujiǎngto draw a prize; a lottery
奖励jiǎnglìto reward; reward (as encouragement)
大奖赛dàjiǎngsàigrand prix
夸张kuāzhāngto exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated
奖杯jiǎngbēitrophy cup
奖品jiǎngpǐnaward; prize
过奖guòjiǎngto overpraise; to flatter
夸大kuādàto exaggerate

Questions about 夸奖

What does 夸奖 mean?

夸奖 (kuājiǎng) means "to praise; to applaud" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 夸奖?

夸奖 is made of 2 characters: 夸 (6 strokes), 奖 (9 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 夸奖 an HSK word?

Yes. 夸奖 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 夸奖 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 夸奖 is written 誇獎.