HSK 6 · Adjectives

珍稀 zhēnxī “rare and precious” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 珍稀 means

  1. rare and precious
  2. rare
  3. precious and uncommon

How to say 珍稀

  • 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稀xī1st tone, high and level

珍稀 in a sentence

  1. 大熊猫是珍稀动物。

    Dàxióngmāo shì zhēnxī dòngwù.

    The giant panda is a rare animal.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这里有很多珍稀植物。

    Zhèlǐ yǒu hěn duō zhēnxī zhíwù.

    There are lots of rare plants here.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 珍稀 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 稀 (xī) with each of its parts in a different colour
稀xīsparse; scattered
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 希rare · xīSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 希 (xī) hints at the sound. Compare it with xī.

How to write 珍稀

珍 9 strokes · 稀 12 strokes

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

Words related to 珍稀

Words with 珍

珍惜zhēnxī · to treasure珍贵zhēnguì · precious珍珠zhēnzhū · pearl

More words: Adjectives

珍贵zhēnguì · precious郑重zhèngzhòng · serious正宗zhèngzōng · authentic镇静zhènjìng · calm真挚zhēnzhì · sincere执着zhízhuó · persistent忠诚zhōngchéng · loyal忠实zhōngshí · faithful

FAQs

珍稀 (zhēnxī) means “rare and precious” or “rare”. It is an HSK 6 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. 珍稀 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 珍稀 from the suggestions. Typing zhenxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
珍稀 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.