HSK 6 · Objects

珍珠 zhēnzhū “pearl” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 珍珠 means

  1. pearl
  2. (fig.) teardrop
  3. tear

How to say 珍珠

  • 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珠zhū1st tone, high and level

珍珠 in a sentence

  1. 这些珍珠是真的，不是人造的。

    Zhèxiē zhēnzhū shì zhēn de, bú shì rénzào de.

    These pearls are real, not artificial.

    Sentence #791686 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 宝石师傅在胸针上镶了一枚大珍珠。

    Bǎoshí shīfu zài xiōngzhēn shàng xiāng le yì méi dà zhēnzhū.

    The jeweller set a large pearl in the brooch.

    Sentence #522035 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他的牙齿白得像珍珠一样。

    Tā de yáchǐ bái de xiàng zhēnzhū yíyàng.

    His teeth are as white as pearls.

    Sentence #7768145 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 珍珠 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 珠 (zhū) with each of its parts in a different colour
珠zhūbead
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 朱cinnabar · zhūSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 朱 (zhū) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhū.

How to write 珍珠

珍 9 strokes · 珠 10 strokes

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

Words related to 珍珠

Words with 珍

珍惜zhēnxī · to treasure珍贵zhēnguì · precious珍稀zhēnxī · rare and precious

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FAQs

珍珠 (zhēnzhū) means “pearl” or “(fig.) teardrop”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhēnzhū: zhēn with a 1st tone, then zhū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 珍珠 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhenzhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 珍珠 from the suggestions. Typing zhenzhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
珍珠 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.