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价值 jiàzhí “value” in Chinese

Traditional 價值

What 价值 means

  1. value
  2. worth
  3. (ethical, cultural etc) values

How to say 价值

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale价jià4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale值zhí2nd tone, rising

价值 in a sentence

  1. 真正的友谊比金钱更有价值。

    Zhēnzhèng de yǒuyì bǐ jīnqián gèng yǒu jiàzhí.

    Real friendship is more valuable than money.

    Sentence #482695 from Tatoeba

  2. 这篇文章没有价值。

    Zhè piān wénzhāng méiyǒu jiàzhí.

    This article has no value.

    Sentence #726780 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这是一个具有历史价值的城市。

    Zhè shì yí ge jùyǒu lìshǐ jiàzhí de chéngshì.

    This is a city of great historical value.

    Sentence #606893 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 价值 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 价 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
价jiàprice
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 介agent · jièSound part
The character 值 (zhí) with each of its parts in a different colour
值zhívalue
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 直straight · zhíSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 直 (zhí) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhí.

How to write 价值

价 6 strokes · 值 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 价值

Words with 价

价格jiàgé · price评价píngjià · to evaluate讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjià · to bargain代价dàijià · price物美价廉wùměijiàlián · good quality at a low price

Words with 值

值zhí · to be worth值得zhíde · to be worth值班zhíbān · to be on duty

More words: Ideas & Concepts

核心héxīn · core后果hòuguǒ · consequences话题huàtí · subject (of a talk or conversation)假设jiǎshè · to suppose角度jiǎodù · angle结构jiégòu · structure结论jiélùn · conclusion精神jīngshén · spirit

FAQs

价值 (jiàzhí) means “value” or “worth”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiàzhí: jià with a 4th tone, then zhí with a 2nd 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, 价值 is written 價值. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiazhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 价值 from the suggestions. Typing jiazhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
价值 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.