Usage note
奖表示奖励或奖项。
jiǎng biǎo shì jiǎng lì huò jiǎng xiàng。
Prize means a reward or award.
Context note
奖常出现在比赛、表扬和奖励里。
jiǎng cháng chū xiàn zài bǐ sài 、 biǎo yáng hé jiǎng lì lǐ。
Prize often appears in competitions, praise, and rewards.
5 examples
他得了奖。
tā dé le jiǎng。
He won a prize.
奖很重要。
jiǎng hěn zhòng yào。
The prize is important.
这个奖给你。
zhè ge jiǎng gěi nǐ。
This prize is for you.
比赛有奖。
bǐ sài yǒu jiǎng。
There is a prize in the competition.
老师发奖。
lǎo shī fā jiǎng。
The teacher gives awards.
5 mini stories
我认真学习，所以得了奖。
wǒ rèn zhēn xué xí， suǒ yǐ dé le jiǎng。
I studied carefully, so I won a prize.
老师发奖的时候，大家都很开心。
lǎo shī fā jiǎng de shí hòu， dà jiā dōu hěn kāi xīn。
When the teacher gave awards, everyone was very happy.
这次比赛的奖很漂亮。
zhè cì bǐ sài de jiǎng hěn piào liang。
The prize for this competition is very pretty.
他把奖放在桌上，笑得很开心。
tā bǎ jiǎng fàng zài zhuō shàng， xiào dé hěn kāi xīn。
He put the prize on the table and smiled happily.
奖虽然好，但认真参与更重要。
jiǎng suī rán hǎo， dàn rèn zhēn cān yù gèng zhòng yào。
The prize is good, but participating seriously is more important.
Mini dialogue
得到奖品
A
我画画比赛得了一等奖！
Wǒ huàhuà bǐsài dé le yī děng jiǎng!
I won first prize in the drawing competition!
B
太棒了！你的奖状真漂亮。
Tài bàng le! Nǐ de jiǎngzhuàng zhēn piàoliang.
That's great! Your award certificate is really beautiful.
分享快乐
A
这个奖杯是给全班的。
Zhège jiǎngbēi shì gěi quán bān de.
This trophy is for the whole class.
B
我们一起努力才得到的奖。
Wǒmen yīqǐ nǔlì cái dédào de jiǎng.
We all worked hard together to get this award.
Related words and contrasts
related
奖品
jiǎng pǐn
prize (object)
奖 is the general idea of a prize, while 奖品 is the physical prize object.
related
奖励
jiǎng lì
reward; encourage
奖 can be part of 奖励, which means to reward someone for good work.
opposite
罚
fá
punish; penalty
奖 is a reward, the opposite of 罚 (punishment).