Chinese symbol for “admire”
赞美
zàn měi
Traditional: 讚美
to admire; to praise; to eulogize
The closest CC-CEDICT match for admire is 赞美 (zàn měi), defined as: to admire; to praise; to eulogize.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “admire”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赞赏 (讚賞) | zàn shǎng | to admire; to praise |
| 佩服 | pèi fú | to admire |
| 钦佩 (欽佩) | qīn pèi | to admire; to look up to |
| 仰慕 | yǎng mù | to admire |
| 心仪 (心儀) | xīn yí | to admire |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 赞美.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赞成 (贊成) | zàn chéng | to approve of; to agree with; (literary) to help bring about |
| 赞同 (讚同) | zàn tóng | variant of 赞同 (zàn tóng) |
| 赞助 (贊助) | zàn zhù | to sponsor; to provide financial or material support |
| 称赞 (稱讚) | chēng zàn | to praise; to commend; to compliment |
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 美丽 (美麗) | měi lì | beautiful |
| 完美 | wán měi | perfect |
| 美女 | měi nǚ | beautiful woman |
See also: Japanese symbol for “admire”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.