Chinese symbol for “commend”
称道
chēng dào
Traditional: 稱道
to commend; to praise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for commend is 称道 (chēng dào), defined as: to commend; to praise.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “commend”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 称赞 (稱讚) | chēng zàn | to praise; to commend; to compliment |
| 奖 (獎) | jiǎng | prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise |
| 嘉 | jiā | excellent; auspicious |
| 表彰 | biǎo zhāng | to honor; to commend |
| 表扬 (表揚) | biǎo yáng | to praise; to commend |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 称道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 称为 (稱為) | chēng wéi | to be called; to be known as; to call it "..." |
| 名称 (名稱) | míng chēng | name (of a thing); name (of an organization) |
| 简称 (簡稱) | jiǎn chēng | to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form |
| 声称 (聲稱) | shēng chēng | to claim; to state |
| 自称 (自稱) | zì chēng | to call oneself; to claim to be |
| 称呼 (稱呼) | chēng hu | to call; to address as; form of address; appellation |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
See also: Japanese symbol for “commend”.
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.