誇讚

Chinese

		to boast	to praise
trad. (誇讚)		誇	讚
simp. (夸赞)		夸	赞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuāzàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄚ ㄗㄢˋ

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khôa-chan

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kua¹ zan⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoa-chàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuāzàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄚ ㄗㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuazàn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻua¹-tsan⁴
    • Yale: kwā-dzàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuatzann
    • Palladius: куацзань (kuaczanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sän⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôa-chan
    • Hakka Romanization System: kua^ˊ zan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kua¹ zan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯a²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡san⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kua¹ zan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡san⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoa-chàn
    • Tâi-lô: khua-tsàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoazaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡san²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰua³³ t͡san⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡san²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡san¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡san²¹/

Verb

誇讚

1. to praise; to compliment

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 誇獎 (“to praise; to compliment”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		誇獎, 稱讚, 稱許, 讚許, 嘉許, 讚揚, 誇讚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	誇, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Singapore	稱讚, 誇獎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	讚, 誇獎
	Hong Kong	讚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	讚, 誇獎
Gan	Nanchang	誇, 誇獎, 稱讚
Hakka	Meixian	誇, 誇獎, 誇讚, 稱讚, 讚, 讚揚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	阿腦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿腦, 誇獎
Southern Min	Xiamen	呵咾
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	呵咾
	Quanzhou	呵咾
	Zhangzhou	呵咾
	Zhao'an	呵咾
	Tainan	呵咾
	Penang (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Singapore (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Manila (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Chaozhou	呵咾
	Shantou	呵咾, 誇獎, 誇, 讚揚, 稱讚
	Singapore (Teochew)	呵咾
	Leizhou	呵咾