表扬
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
表扬 (biǎoyáng) · to praise
表扬 (biǎoyáng) means “to praise”. It is written with 2 characters: 表 (watch (timepiece)) + 扬 (to flutter). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 表扬 is built
The characters
表 biǎo · watch (timepiece)
What 表 is made of
- 毛máo — hair
- 衣yī — cloth
Origin hint: Fur 毛 clothing 衣; a shawl or wrap (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
扬 yáng · to flutter
What 扬 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 昜yáng — bright
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 昜 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
老师表扬了小明。Lǎoshī biǎoyáng le Xiǎo Míng.The teacher praised Xiao Ming.
你今天被表扬了吗？Nǐ jīntiān bèi biǎoyáng le ma?Were you praised today?
Questions about 表扬
What does 表扬 mean?
表扬 (biǎoyáng) means “to praise”.
How do you pronounce 表扬?
表扬 is pronounced biǎoyáng.
Which HSK level is 表扬?
表扬 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 表示biǎoshìto express
- 手表shǒubiǎowatch (wristwatch)
- 表达biǎodáto express
- 表格biǎogéform
- 表面biǎomiànsurface
- 表明biǎomíngto show
- 表现biǎoxiànto perform
- 表演biǎoyǎnto perform
- 代表dàibiǎorepresentative
- 代表团dàibiǎotuándelegation
Learn 表扬 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 45: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.