How to Say "Appreciate" in Chinese

欣赏

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In Chinese, appreciate is translated as 欣赏 (xīnshǎng).

欣赏 is primarily used when you are appreciating aesthetic qualities, such as art, music, scenery or a person's talent or character.

Meaning: to be grateful for something (verb)

What does it mean word for word?

The word 欣赏 is composed of 欣 (xīn), meaning joyful or happy and 赏 (shǎng), meaning to prize or admire.

While 欣赏 is used to appreciate the beauty or quality of something, 感激 is used when you are grateful to a person for an act of kindness.

In Taiwanese Hokkien, the phrase 感謝 (kám-siā) is used to express appreciate.

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The word 赏 (shǎng) shares a root with 赏金 (shǎngjīn), which refers to a bounty or reward for capturing a criminal.
While 欣赏 is used for art, the word 赏 (shǎng) can also mean to give a financial tip or reward to a performer or servant.
The word 赏 also appears in the term for '赏赐', which means to bestow an imperial gift. This links the act of appreciation to a sense of nobility or high value.

我想要人们欣赏我的母语的优美，并且我也想要感受其他语言的美妙。
I want people to appreciate the beauty of my native language, and I want to experience how beautiful other languages can be, too.
This sentence is useful for expressing a desire for people to appreciate the beauty of a language and for the speaker to experience the beauty of others.
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你帮了我很多，太感谢了！
Thanks for helping me so much!
我非常感谢你。
I really appreciate you.
你一直陪在我身边，谢谢了！
Thank you for always being by my side!

Zhiqiang and Xiaowen are discussing a new piece of art.

志强 Zhiqiang

你喜欢这幅画吗？
Nǐ xǐhuān zhè fú huà ma?
Do you like this painting?
晓雯 Xiaowen

我很欣赏画家的技巧。
Wǒ hěn xīnshǎng huàjiā de jìqiǎo.
I really appreciate the artist's skill.
志强 Zhiqiang

我也这么觉得。
Wǒ yě zhème juéde.
I think so too.
晓雯 Xiaowen

这里的色彩太棒了。
Zhèlǐ de sècǎi tài bàng le.
The colors here are wonderful.

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