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评价 (píng jià) — (verb) to evaluate, to assess; (noun) evaluation, assessment

Definition

评价 is the everyday 'to evaluate / assessment' — covers people, work, products, plans, broadly. 评估 is more formal/specialized, 评审 is for judging proposals or entries, 考核 is for job or performance review.

verb
to evaluateto assess
noun
evaluationassessment
Easily confused

Examples

  • 评价。
    Lǎo shī huì píng jià wǒ men de zuò yè.
    The teacher will evaluate our homework.
  • 评价。
    Dà jiā duì zhè ge chǎn pǐn de píng jià hěn gāo.
    Everyone's evaluation of this product is very high.
  • 评价？
    Nǐ lái píng jià yí xià zhè ge fāng àn zěn me yàng?
    How about you evaluate this plan?

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

评píngevaluate
价jiàvalue/price

评价 combines 评 'evaluate' with 价 'value', literally assessing value.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 評; 评 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
平
平píng評píng
Same sound today

The traditional form 評 uses 言 for speech and 平 as a sound part; the simplified 评 is a later shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
介
介jiè价jiè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

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