# 讚美
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zànměi
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˋ ㄇㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaan$^3$ mei$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chan-mî
    (Hailu, HRS): zan$^ˇ$ mui$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cáng-mī
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zang$^4$ bi$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chàn-bí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zang$^3$ mui$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zànměi
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˋ ㄇㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zànměi
*** Wade–Giles: tsan$^4$-mei$^3$
*** Yale: dzàn-měi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzannmeei
*** Palladius: цзаньмэй (czanʹmɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sän⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaan$^3$ mei$^5$
*** Yale: jaan méih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan$^3$ mei$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zan$^3$ méi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saːn³³ mei̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chan-mî
*** Hakka Romanization System: zan mi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zan$^4$ mi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡san⁵⁵ mi²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zan$^ˇ$ mui$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡san¹¹ mui⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cáng-mī
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ mi³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zang$^4$ bi$^3$ [Phonetic: zang$^1$ bi$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ca̍ng-bî
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ pi⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zang$^4$ bi$^3$ [Phonetic: zang$^1$ bi$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ pi³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chàn-bí
*** Tâi-lô: tsàn-bí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zarnbie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡san²¹⁻⁵³ bi⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡san⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡san²¹⁻⁵³ bi⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡san¹¹⁻⁵³ bi⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡san²¹⁻⁴¹ bi⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zang$^3$ mui$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsàng múi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mui⁵²⁻²¹/

#### Verb

讚美
* (transitive) to extol; to admire; to praise; to eulogize; to commend

##### Synonyms

* 名目 (míngmù) (Classical Chinese)
* 吹噓 / 吹嘘 (chuīxū)
* 吹捧 (chuīpěng)
* 呵咾 (Hokkien)
* 咨嗟 (zījiē) (literary)
* 嘆 / 叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 嘉勉 (jiāmiǎn) (formal, to praise and encourage)
* 嘆美 / 叹美 (tànměi) (literary)
* 嘉許 / 嘉许 (jiāxǔ)
* 嘆賞 / 叹赏 (tànshǎng)
* 捧 (pěng)
* 揄揚 / 揄扬 (yúyáng) (literary)
* 禮讚 / 礼赞 (lǐzàn)
* 稱嘆 / 称叹 (chēngtàn)
* 稱揚 / 称扬 (chēngyáng)
* 稱美 / 称美 (chēngměi) (literary)
* 稱許 / 称许 (chēngxǔ)
* 稱謂 / 称谓 (chēngwèi) (literary)
* 稱譽 / 称誉 (chēngyù) (formal)
* 稱讚 / 称赞 (chēngzàn)
* 稱賞 / 称赏 (chēngshǎng) (formal)
* 稱道 / 称道 (chēngdào)
* 稱頌 / 称颂 (chēngsòng)
* 表彰 (biǎozhāng)
* 表揚 / 表扬 (biǎoyáng)
* 褒揚 / 褒扬 (bāoyáng)
* 誇 / 夸 (kuā)
* 誇獎 / 夸奖 (kuājiǎng)
* 讚嘆 / 赞叹 (zàntàn)
* 讚揚 / 赞扬 (zànyáng)
* 讚許 / 赞许 (zànxǔ)
* 讚頌 / 赞颂 (zànsòng)
* 賞 / 赏 (shǎng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 頌讚 / 颂赞 (sòngzàn)
* 顯揚 / 显扬 (xiǎnyáng) (literary)

##### Derived terms

* 讚美歌 / 赞美歌 (zànměigē)
* 讚美詩 / 赞美诗 (zànměishī)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o-ló
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o-ló
*** Tâi-lô: o-ló
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oiloir
*** IPA (Xiamen): /o⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³ lo⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /o⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /o⁴⁴⁻³³ lo⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/

#### Verb

讚美
* (Hokkien) Alternative form of 呵咾