píng
comment; review; criticize; judge
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这部电影的评价很好。
Zhè bù diànyǐng de píngjià hěn hǎo.
This movie has a good review.
我对他的评价不高。
Wǒ duì tā de píngjià bù gāo.
I don't think highly of him.
请你对我的工作进行评价。
Qǐng nǐ duì wǒ de gōngzuò jìnxíng píngjià.
Please evaluate my work.
赞 (zàn)
praise
褒 (bāo)
compliment
The Chinese character 评 (píng) is composed of two parts: 言 (yán) and 冰 (bīng). 言 means "to speak" or "to say", while 冰 means "ice". The combination of these two characters suggests the idea of "to judge" or "to evaluate", as in the sense of "to weigh the pros and cons of something". This is because, in ancient China, ice was often used as a metaphor for impartiality and fairness, as it is not influenced by external factors such as heat or cold. Thus, the character 评 came to be used in the sense of "to judge" or "to evaluate", and is commonly used in words such as 评价 (píngjià, "to evaluate"), 评论 (pínglùn, "to comment"), and 评选 (píngxuǎn, "to select").
