羡慕 meaning in English

xiànmù

to envy; to admire

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 羨慕26 strokes

Meaning of 羡慕

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiànmù
  1. to envy
  2. to admire

羡慕 in example sentences

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

我wǒ羡xiàn慕mù他tā的de新xīn房fáng子zi。
I envied his new house.
你nǐ们men家jiā去qù北běi海hǎi道dào旅lǚ游yóu是shì真zhēn的de么me?我wǒ羡xiàn慕mù你nǐ。
Is it true that your family will travel in Hokkaido? I envy you.
我wǒ一yì点diǎn也yě不bù羡xiàn慕mù你nǐ的de生shēng活huó。
I don't envy your life. Not even a little bit.
真zhēn羡xiàn慕mù你nǐ。
I really envy you.
我wǒ羡xiàn慕mù他tā。
I envy him.

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羡 xiàn · to envy · 12 strokes

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慕 mù · to admire · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 羡慕.

仰慕yǎngmùto admire
爱慕àimùto adore; to admire
慕斯mùsī(loanword) (cuisine) mousse

Questions about 羡慕

What does 羡慕 mean?

羡慕 (xiànmù) means "to envy; to admire" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 羡慕?

羡慕 is made of 2 characters: 羡 (12 strokes), 慕 (14 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.

Is 羡慕 an HSK word?

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

How is 羡慕 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 羡慕 is written 羨慕.