Thursday 14 February 2013

POP Chinese -- 赞

赞 (zàn)

This character is originally used with other characters as verbs or nouns, with the meaning of praise or eulogy. For example, 赞(zàn)美(měi), 称(chēng)赞(zàn), 赞(zàn)扬(yáng). However, more and more people are now using this single word as an adjective to express a very positive opinion, meaning “good” or “excellent”. Also, on some popular social network webpages, such as Facebook, 赞 (zàn) is the Chinese translation of “Like”.

Examples:
1.这个节目真赞。
Zhègè jiémù zhēn zàn.
This show is really good.
2. 请在Facebook上帮我们按“赞”。
Qǐng zài Facebook shàng bāng wǒmen àn “zàn”.
Please “Like” us on Facebook.




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