奖 (jiǎng): prize, award, bonus, reward, (bound form) to encourage, to commend, to praise, to award, to give as a reward
奖 (jiǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “prize.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 丬 (phonetic), 夕 (structural) and 大 (semantic). It ranks #1227 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 奖 big. Its radical form 大 (big) appears in many related characters such as 大 (dà, big), 天 (tiān, day), 太 (tài, highest).
Definitions
- prize
- award
- bonus
- reward
- (bound form) to encourage
- to commend
- to praise
- to award
- to give as a reward
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 奖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 奖励verb | jiǎng lì | to reward | 5 |
| 奖金noun | jiǎng jīn | premium | 4 |
| 奖学金noun | jiǎng xué jīn | scholarship | 4 |
| 奖品noun | jiǎng pǐn | award | 6 |
| 夸奖verb | kuā jiǎng | to praise | 6 |
| 获奖verb | huò jiǎng | to win an award | 4 |
| 中奖verb | zhòng jiǎng | to win a prize (in a lottery etc) | 6 |
| 奖牌noun | jiǎng pái | medal (awarded as a prize) | 6 |
| 抽奖verb | chōu jiǎng | to draw a prize | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颁奖verb | bān jiǎng | to confer an award |
| 奖杯noun | jiǎng bēi | trophy cup |
| 奖赏verb | jiǎng shǎng | reward |
| 奖章noun | jiǎng zhāng | medal |
| 大奖noun | dà jiǎng | prize |
| 奖项noun | jiǎng xiàng | award |
| 诺贝尔奖noun | nuò bèi ěr jiǎng | Nobel Prize |
| 嘉奖verb | jiā jiǎng | to award |
| 获奖者 | huò jiǎng zhě | prizewinner |
| 领奖verb | lǐng jiǎng | to receive an award |
| 大奖赛noun | dà jiǎng sài | grand prix |
| 得奖verb | dé jiǎng | to win a prize |
| 一等奖noun | yī děng jiǎng | first prize |
| 奖状noun | jiǎng zhuàng | prize certificate |
| 奖券noun | jiǎng quàn | raffle or lottery ticket |
奖 appears in 83 compound words: 23 as the first character, 71 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 奖 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
了解奖字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè jiǎng zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character for "award" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
年后跳槽快看!劳动部祭“课程奖励金”条件曝 最高领100万
nián hòu tiào cáo kuài kàn ! láo dòng bù jì kè chéng jiǎng lì jīn tiáo jiàn pù zuì gāo lǐng 1 0 0 wàn
Jump to work after the year! The Ministry of Labor offered "course incentives" conditions to receive up to 1 million
竹县爱讲“客”推学校客语能力 扩大奖励对象
zhú xiàn ài jiǎng kè tuī xué jiào kè yǔ néng lì kuò dà jiǎng lì duì xiàng
Zhu County loves to speak "guests" and promote the school's Hakka language ability to expand the reward objects
柏林影展得奖名单/得奖者狠呛政府“以色列的共犯” 《...
bǎi lín yǐng zhǎn dé jiǎng míng dān dé jiǎng zhě hěn qiàng zhèng fǔ yǐ sè liè de gòng fàn . . .
Berlin Film Festival Winners List / Winners Choke on the Government as "Israel's Accomplices" "...
横跨东西非 周大观基金会颁生命奖章肯定人权行动者
héng kuà dōng xī fēi zhōu dà guàn jī jīn huì bān shēng mìng jiǎng zhāng kěn dìng rén quán háng dòng zhě
Across East and West Africa, the Chow Tai Kwan Foundation awarded the Life Medal in recognition of human rights activists
黄洛妍神倒模叶蒨文唱功 李尹嫣献声赢奖金
huáng 洛 妍 shén dǎo mó xié 蒨 wén chàng gōng lǐ 尹 嫣 xiàn shēng yíng jiǎng jīn
Huang Luoyan is a divine model Ye Qianwen singing skills Li Yinyan contributed her voice to win the prize money
十支队伍竞逐奖项。
Shí zhīduì wǔ jìngzhú jiǎngxiàng.
Ten teams competed for the prize.
不存在诺贝尔数学奖。
Bù cúnzài Nuòbèi'ěr shùxué jiǎng.
There is no Nobel Prize in mathematics.
获得诺贝尔奖后，她仍谦虚如昔。
Huòdé Nuòbèi'ěr Jiǎng hòu, tā réng qiānxū rú xī.
After winning the Nobel prize, she remained as modest as ever.
特蕾莎修女被授予诺贝尔奖。
Tè lěi shā xiūnǚ bèi shòuyǔ Nuòbèi'ěr Jiǎng.
Mother Teresa was given the Nobel prize.
Character Family
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