HSK 5 · Verbs

爱惜 àixī “to cherish” in Chinese

Traditional 愛惜

What 爱惜 means

  1. to cherish
  2. to treasure
  3. to use sparingly

How to say 爱惜

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale爱ài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale惜xī1st tone, high and level

爱惜 in a sentence

  1. 对于我们来说爱惜河川是很重要的。

    Duìyú wǒmen lái shuō àixī héchuān shì hěn zhòngyào de.

    It’s very important for us to cherish our rivers.

    Sentence #483923 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 爱惜 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 爱 (ài) with each of its parts in a different colour
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 友friend · yǒu

Memory aidA hand 爫 bringing a friend 友 under a cover 冖: love.

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 爱惜

爱 10 strokes · 惜 11 strokes

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

Words related to 爱惜

Words with 爱

爱ài · to love可爱kě'ài · cute爱好àihào · hobby爱人àiren · husband or wife喜爱xǐ'ài · to like爱情àiqíng · romance恋爱liàn'ài · romantic love爱护àihù · to cherish亲爱qīn'ài · dear爱心àixīn · compassion

Words with 惜

可惜kěxī · it is a pity珍惜zhēnxī · to treasure惋惜wǎnxī · to regret不惜bùxī · not to hesitate (to)

More words: Common Verbs

赚zhuàn · to earn自信zìxìn · to have confidence in oneself租zū · to hire爱护àihù · to cherish安装ānzhuāng · to install熬夜áoyè · to stay up late包括bāokuò · to comprise把握bǎwò · to grasp (also fig.)

FAQs

爱惜 (àixī) means “to cherish” or “to treasure”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it àixī: ài with a 4th 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 爱惜 is written 愛惜. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type aixi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 爱惜 from the suggestions. Typing aixi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
爱惜 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.