HSK 5 · Emotions

珍惜 zhēnxī “to treasure” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 珍惜 means

  1. to treasure
  2. to value
  3. to cherish

How to say 珍惜

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale珍zhēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale惜xī1st tone, high and level

珍惜 in a sentence

  1. 我至今还珍惜你十年前给我的项链。

    Wǒ zhìjīn hái zhēnxī nǐ shí nián qián gěi wǒ de xiàngliàn.

    I still cherish the necklace you gave me ten years ago.

    Sentence #9401695 from Tatoeba

How 珍惜 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 珍 (zhēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
珍zhēnprecious thing
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 人person · rén
  • 彡bristle · shānSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 彡 (shān) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhēn.

The character 惜 (xī) with each of its parts in a different colour
惜xīto cherish
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīn
  • 昔past · xī

How to write 珍惜

珍 9 strokes · 惜 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

珍惜 (zhēnxī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 珍惜 (zhēnxī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 珍惜

Words with 珍

珍贵zhēnguì · precious珍稀zhēnxī · rare and precious珍珠zhēnzhū · pearl

Words with 惜

可惜kěxī · it is a pity爱惜àixī · to cherish惋惜wǎnxī · to regret不惜bùxī · not to hesitate (to)

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

勇气yǒngqì · courage愿望yuànwàng · desire运气yùnqi · luck (good or bad)在乎zàihu · to care about自豪zìháo · proud (of an achievement)爱不释手àibúshìshǒu · to love something too much to put it down爱戴àidài · to love and respect巴不得bābudé · to be eager to

FAQs

珍惜 (zhēnxī) means “to treasure” or “to value”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhēnxī: zhēn with a 1st tone, then xī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 珍惜 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhenxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 珍惜 from the suggestions. Typing zhenxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
珍惜 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.