gōng wei

Traditional: 恭維

HSK 7–9

恭维 (gōng wei) is a Chinese word meaning “to praise; to speak highly of; compliment”.

Meanings

  1. 1to praise
  2. 2to speak highly of
  3. 3compliment
  4. 4praise
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 恭维

恭gōng · respectful维wéi · to preserve

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