HSK 5 · Adjectives

宝贵 bǎoguì “valuable” in Chinese

Traditional 寶貴

What 宝贵 means

  1. valuable
  2. precious
  3. to value
  4. to treasure
  5. to set store by

How to say 宝贵

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale宝bǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale贵guì4th tone, falling

宝贵 in a sentence

  1. 时间比什么都宝贵。

    Shíjiān bǐ shénme dōu bǎoguì.

    Time is more precious than anything else.

    Sentence #2032313 from Tatoeba

  2. 时间是世界上最宝贵的东西。

    Shíjiān shì shìjiè shàng zuì bǎoguì de dōngxi.

    Time is the most precious thing in the world.

    Sentence #464922 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那是一次宝贵的经验。

    Nà shì yícì bǎoguì de jīngyàn.

    That was a valuable experience.

    Sentence #504424 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 宝贵 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 宝 (bǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
宝bǎojewel
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 玉jade · yù
The character 贵 (guì) with each of its parts in a different colour
贵guìexpensive
  • 中central · zhōng
  • 一one · yī
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

How to write 宝贵

宝 8 strokes · 贵 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 宝贵

Words with 宝

宝贝bǎobèi · baby

Words with 贵

贵guì · expensive珍贵zhēnguì · precious昂贵ángguì · expensive贵族guìzú · noble难能可贵nánnéngkěguì · rare and commendable

More words: Adjectives

强qiáng · strong整zhěng · whole暗àn · dark薄báo · thin悲观bēiguān · pessimistic必要bìyào · necessary不安bù'ān · uneasy不得了bùdéliǎo · extremely

FAQs

宝贵 (bǎoguì) means “valuable” or “precious”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bǎoguì: bǎo with a 3rd tone, then guì with a 4th 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, 宝贵 is written 寶貴. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baogui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 宝贵 from the suggestions. Typing baogui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
宝贵 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.