Chinese symbol for “appreciate”
欣赏
xīn shǎng
Traditional: 欣賞
to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire
The closest CC-CEDICT match for appreciate is 欣赏 (xīn shǎng), defined as: to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “appreciate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涨价 (漲價) | zhǎng jià | to appreciate (in value); to increase in price |
| 增值 | zēng zhí | to appreciate (financially); to increase in value |
| 赏识 (賞識) | shǎng shí | to appreciate; to recognize the worth of sth |
| 鉴赏 (鑑賞) | jiàn shǎng | to appreciate (as a connoisseur) |
| 玩赏 (玩賞) | wán shǎng | to appreciate; to take pleasure in |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 欣赏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欣慰 | xīn wèi | to be gratified |
| 欣喜 | xīn xǐ | happy |
| 欣然 | xīn rán | gladly; cheerfully |
| 欢欣 (歡欣) | huān xīn | elated |
| 欢欣鼓舞 (歡欣鼓舞) | huān xīn gǔ wǔ | (idiom) elated and excited; overjoyed |
| 观赏 (觀賞) | guān shǎng | to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental |
| 赞赏 (讚賞) | zàn shǎng | to admire; to praise |
| 奖赏 (獎賞) | jiǎng shǎng | reward; prize; award |
See also: Japanese symbol for “appreciate”.
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.