珍稀

Chinese

		precious thing; treasure	diluted; sparse
simp. and trad. (珍稀)		珍	稀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ hei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhensi
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: jēn-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenshi
    • Palladius: чжэньси (čžɛnʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 珍惜 珍稀

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ hei¹
    • Yale: jān hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ hei̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

珍稀

1. rare and precious

   珍稀動物／珍稀动物  ―  zhēnxī dòngwù  ―  rare animals

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (珍稀):

• → Japanese: 珍(ちん)稀(き) (chinki)
• → Korean: 진희(珍稀) (jinhui)