嘉許

Chinese

		excellent	to allow; to permit; to praise to allow; to permit; to praise; surname
trad. (嘉許)		嘉	許
simp. (嘉许)		嘉	许

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāxǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄒㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ heoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-hí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāxǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄒㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiasyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-hsü³
    • Yale: jyā-syǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiasheu
    • Palladius: цзясюй (czjasjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ heoi²
    • Yale: gā héui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ hoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ hêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ hɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-hí
    • Tâi-lô: ka-hí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'hie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ hi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ hi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ hi⁴¹/

Verb

嘉許

1. to praise; to laud; to compliment

Synonyms

• 名目 (míngmù) (Classical Chinese)
• 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
• 吹捧 (chuīpěng)
• 咨嗟 (zījiē) (literary)
• 嘆／叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嘉勉 (jiāmiǎn) (formal, to praise and encourage)
• 嘆美／叹美 (tànměi) (literary)
• 嘆賞／叹赏 (tànshǎng)
• 捧 (pěng)
• 揄揚／揄扬 (yúyáng) (literary)
• 禮讚／礼赞 (lǐzàn)
• 稱美／称美 (chēngměi) (literary)
• 稱許／称许 (chēngxǔ)
• 稱謂／称谓 (chēngwèi) (literary)
• 稱譽／称誉 (chēngyù) (literary)
• 稱讚／称赞 (chēngzàn)
• 稱道／称道 (chēngdào)
• 稱頌／称颂 (chēngsòng)
• 表彰 (biǎozhāng)
• 表揚／表扬 (biǎoyáng)
• 褒揚／褒扬 (bāoyáng)
• 誇／夸 (kuā)
• 誇獎／夸奖 (kuājiǎng)
• 讚嘆／赞叹 (zàntàn)
• 讚揚／赞扬 (zànyáng)
• 讚美／赞美 (zànměi)
• 讚許／赞许 (zànxǔ)
• 讚頌／赞颂 (zànsòng)
• 賞／赏 (shǎng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 頌讚／颂赞 (sòngzàn)
• 顯揚／显扬 (xiǎnyáng) (literary)

 

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
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)	阿𧩣, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿𧩣, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿𧩣, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿𧩣, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	安哢, 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