评 (píng) · to comment; to criticize

Meanings

1 to comment; to criticize
2 to judge; to evaluate
3 review; commentary

Characters

评

píng

to comment; to judge

Examples

HSK 4

不要随便批评别人。

Búyào suíbiàn pīpíng biérén.

Don't casually criticize others.

HSK 4

这部电影的评分很高。

Zhè bù diànyǐng de píngfēn hěn gāo.

This movie has a very high rating.

HSK 6

这项政策得到了专家的高度评价。

Zhè xiàng zhèngcè dédào le zhuānjiā de gāodù píngjià.

This policy received high praise from experts.

Tips

usage

评 is used in: 评价 (evaluate), 批评 (criticize), 评论 (comment), 评分 (rating/score), 评选 (select through evaluation), 好评 (positive review).

Components

radical

讠 yán

speech (radical form of 言)

Left speech radical - the side-form of 言, a compressed glyph of words issuing from a mouth. The indexing radical, anchors 评 in the family of speech/discussion verbs: 说 speak, 话 talk, 议 discuss, 论 argue, 谈 chat, 译 translate. Marks 评 as a verbal act - commenting, judging, reviewing through words.

phonetic

平 píng

level; fair; even

Right 平 supplies both sound and meaning - píng exactly, and the core notion of fairness / impartial weighing fits the act of judging or critiquing perfectly. Speech (讠) + level (平) = balanced commentary. Same phonetic family: 苹 apple, 萍 duckweed, 坪 flat ground, 凭 lean on. Simplified from traditional 評.