Chinese word

颁奖

Pronunciation

Pinyinbān jiǎng

Meaning

  • verbaward

Example

明天学校要给他颁奖。míng tiān xué xiào yào gěi tā bān jiǎng

The school will award him a prize tomorrow.

Illustration for 颁奖 (award)

More examples

学校大会上，校长宣布要给三位优秀学生颁奖。xué xiào dà huì shàng xiào zhǎng xuān bù yào gěi sān wèi yōu xiù xué shēng bān jiǎng

At the school assembly, the principal announced that three outstanding students would receive awards.

Core concept

An organization makes an achievement visible by publicly presenting its certificate or prize to the person or team who earned it.

Common phrases

  • 给他颁奖gěi tā bān jiǎng

    award him a prize

  • 为获奖者颁奖wèi huò jiáng zhě bān jiǎng

    present awards to the winners

Similar words

颁发bān fā: Distribute certificates, award documents, or official proof documents through a formal process.
授予shòu yǔ: Officially give a person a title, qualification, or award.
奖励jiǎng lì: Give money, goods, praise, or another benefit in return for effort or achievement.

Definition in Chinese

由组织在公开场合向个人或团队颁发获奖证书或奖品，作为对其成就的正式认可。yóu zǔ zhī zài gōng kāi chǎng hé xiàng gè rén huò tuán duì bān fā huò jiǎng zhèng shū huò jiáng pǐn zuò wéi duì qí chéng jiù de zhèng shì rèn kě

Word origin

颁 (bān, "to confer") + 奖 (jiǎng, "prize") forms a word for officially conferring a prize in public.

Usage tips

  • The phrase commonly takes an organization as its subject and a person or team as the recipient, which makes the direction of the action clear in announcements.

Other meanings

  • presentverb
  • award presentationnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 颁奖词bān jiǎng cíaward presentation speechnoun
  • 颁奖典礼bān jiáng dián lǐaward ceremonynoun

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