珍貴

See also: 珍贵

Chinese

		precious thing; treasure	expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (珍貴)		珍	貴
simp. (珍贵)		珍	贵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ gwai³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-kui
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tin-kùi / tiⁿ-kùi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diang¹ gui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenguèi
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-kuei⁴
    • Yale: jēn-gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenguey
    • Palladius: чжэньгуй (čžɛnʹguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ gwai³
    • Yale: jān gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-kui
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˊ gui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ gui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯i⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tin-kùi
    • Tâi-lô: tin-kuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dinkuix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin⁴⁴⁻³³ kui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin³³ kui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tin⁴⁴⁻³³ kui¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tin⁴⁴⁻²² kui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiⁿ-kùi
    • Tâi-lô: tinn-kuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvi'kuix
    • IPA (Taipei): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kui²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diang¹ gui³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiang kùi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³³⁻²³ kui²¹³/

Adjective

珍貴

1. precious; cherished; valuable; rare; treasured

   珍貴文物／珍贵文物  ―  zhēnguì wénwù  ―  rare cultural object

Synonyms

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• 值銅鈿／值铜钿 (⁸zeq ⁶don-di) (Wu)
• 值錢／值钱 (zhíqián)
• 可貴／可贵 (kěguì)
• 名貴／名贵 (míngguì)
• 寶貴／宝贵 (bǎoguì)
• 抵錢／抵钱 (dai² cin^4-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Xiang)
• 有價值／有价值 (yǒujiàzhí)
• 珍奇 (zhēnqí)
• 甘貴／甘贵 (gan¹ guei⁴) (Xiang)
• 矜貴／矜贵 (jīnguì) (literary)
• 貴重／贵重 (guìzhòng)
• 金貴／金贵 (jīnguì)
• 高貴／高贵 (gāoguì)

 

Derived terms

• 彌足珍貴／弥足珍贵 (mízúzhēnguì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (珍貴):

• → Japanese: 珍(ちん)貴(き) (chinki)
• → Korean: 진귀(珍貴) (jin'gwi)
• → Vietnamese: trân quý (珍貴)