HSK 6 · Adjectives

珍贵 zhēnguì “precious” in Chinese

Traditional 珍貴

What 珍贵 means

  1. precious
  2. valuable

How to say 珍贵

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale贵guì4th tone, falling

珍贵 in a sentence

  1. 没有什么和时间一样珍贵。

    Méiyǒu shénme hé shíjiān yíyàng zhēnguì.

    Nothing is so precious as time.

    Sentence #345703 from Tatoeba

  2. 丝绸是很珍贵的。

    Sīchóu shì hěn zhēnguì de.

    Silk is very precious.

    Sentence #2031838 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 没有什么东西是跟爱一样珍贵的。

    Méiyǒu shénme dōngxi shì gēn ài yíyàng zhēnguì de.

    Nothing is as precious as love.

    Sentence #803909 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 珍贵 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 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 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 珍贵

珍 9 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.

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

Words related to 珍贵

Words with 珍

珍惜zhēnxī · to treasure珍稀zhēnxī · rare and precious珍珠zhēnzhū · pearl

Words with 贵

贵guì · expensive宝贵bǎoguì · valuable昂贵ángguì · expensive贵族guìzú · noble难能可贵nánnéngkěguì · rare and commendable

More words: Adjectives

镇定zhèndìng · calm正当zhèngdàng · proper正规zhèngguī · formal正经zhèngjing · serious郑重zhèngzhòng · serious正宗zhèngzōng · authentic镇静zhènjìng · calm珍稀zhēnxī · rare and precious

FAQs

珍贵 (zhēnguì) means “precious” or “valuable”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhēnguì: zhēn with a 1st 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, 珍贵 is written 珍貴. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhengui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 珍贵 from the suggestions. Typing zhengui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
珍贵 is an HSK 6 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.