HSK 4 · Function Words

值得 zhíde “to be worth” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 值得 means

  1. to be worth
  2. to deserve
  3. worth the money
  4. to merit
  5. to be worth (doing sth)

How to say 值得

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale值zhí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own得deneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

值得 in a sentence

  1. 你的建议值得考虑。

    Nǐ de jiànyì zhíde kǎolǜ.

    Your suggestion is worth considering.

    Sentence #10635230 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这真的值得吗？

    Zhè zhēnde zhíde ma?

    Is it really worth it?

    Sentence #818891 from Tatoeba

  3. 这部电影至少值得看两三遍。

    Zhè bù diànyǐng zhìshǎo zhíde kàn liǎng sān biàn.

    This film is worth seeing at least two or three times.

    Sentence #9959610 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 值得 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 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.

The character 得 (de) with each of its parts in a different colour
得destructural particle: used after a verb
  • 彳step · chì
  • 旦dawn · dàn
  • 寸inch · cùn

Memory aidA hand 寸 picking up a shell, once used as money, while out on the road 彳: to get.

How to write 值得

值 10 strokes · 得 11 strokes

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

Words related to 值得

Words with 值

值zhí · to be worth价值jiàzhí · value值班zhíbān · to be on duty

Words with 得

得de · particle linking a verb to how it is done (e.g. 跑得快觉得juéde · to feel记得jìde · remember得到dédào · to get得分défēn · to score (points)懂得dǒngde · to understand认得rènde · to recognise获得huòdé · to obtain得意déyì · proud of oneself来得及láidejí · to have enough time

More words: Particles & Connectors

咱们zánmen · we真正zhēnzhèng · genuine正好zhènghǎo · just (in time)之zhī · of (formal equivalent of 的)只要zhǐyào · if only至少zhìshǎo · at least重新chóngxīn · again专门zhuānmén · specially

FAQs

值得 (zhíde) means “to be worth” or “to deserve”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zhíde: zhí with a 2nd tone, then de with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 值得 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhide with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 值得 from the suggestions. Typing zhide into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
值得 is an HSK 4 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.