Jun 08
Popular Daily Chinese Word “赞 (zàn) Marvelous” (Intermediate)
流行词语 (liúxíng cíyǔ) Popular Chinese Word (Intermediate)
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赞 (zàn) Marvelous
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“赞 (zàn)” originally means “to praise.” For instance, “赞美” and “称赞” both mean to praise. We also have a popular Chinese expression starting with “赞,” that is “赞不绝口 (zànbùjuékǒu) to praise profusely.”
For example: 他对你赞不绝口 (tā duì nǐ zànbùjuékǒu) He speaks very highly of you.
However, in daily Chinese, now young people tend to use a single word “赞 (zàn)” to show their favorable emotion. For example, “太赞了 (tài zàn le)” means it’s marvelous!
Examples:
Màikèěr·jiékèxùn de xiànchǎng yǎnchànghuì zhēn shì tài zàn le!
迈克尔· 杰克逊 的 现场 演唱会 真 是 太 赞 了！
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The live concert of Michael Jackson is so great.
Zhè kuǎn huàzhuāngpǐn bú cuò ya!
A: 这 款 化妆品 不 错 呀！
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This brand of make-up is pretty good.
Shì ā, gāng shàngshì dàjiā dōu shuō tā hěn zàn.
B: 是 啊, 刚 上市 大家 都 说 它 很 赞。
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Yes, people all said it was pretty good when it was first released.
Learn more daily Chinese words:
Popular daily Chinese words: 我的神啊 and 你太有才了
Popular daily Chinese words: 雷 and 山寨
生词 (shēngcí) vocabulary
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化妆品 (huàzhuāngpǐn) n make-up
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June 9th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
You mentioned that赞 (zàn)” means to show their favorable emotion, I’m a beginner, I know that one daily Chinese word “好” also means good, so can I use “太好了” to replace the popular daily Chinese saying “太赞了?”
June 10th, 2010 at 11:25 am
“太好了” shares the same meaning with “太赞了.” But the tone of “赞” is stronger than the tone of “好.” So “太赞了” is stronger than “太好了.”
June 10th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
You can also say “太棒了,” Because the popular daily Chinese saying :太赞了” and “太棒了” both mean “it’s marvelous.”
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