珍寶

See also: 珍宝

Chinese

		precious thing; treasure	a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious
trad. (珍寶)		珍	寶
simp. (珍宝)		珍	宝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēnbǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄅㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ bou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-pó
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tin-pó / tiⁿ-pó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnbǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄅㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhenbǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-pao³
  - Yale: jēn-bǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenbao
  - Palladius: чжэньбао (čžɛnʹbao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan¹ bou²
  - Yale: jān bóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ bou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ bou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-pó
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˊ bo^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ bo³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴ po³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tin-pó
  - Tâi-lô: tin-pó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dinpoir
  - IPA (Taipei): /tin⁴⁴⁻³³ po⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tin³³ po⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tin⁴⁴⁻²² po⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiⁿ-pó
  - Tâi-lô: tinn-pó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvi'poir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ po⁵³/

Etymology 1

Noun

珍寶

treasure; rarity; gem (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

寶物 / 宝物 (bǎowù)
寶貨 / 宝货 (bǎohuò)
瑰寶 / 瑰宝 (guībǎo)

Derived terms

如獲珍寶 / 如获珍宝
稀世珍寶 / 稀世珍宝 (xīshìzhēnbǎo)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English jumbo.

Adjective

珍寶

(Cantonese) jumbo