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): ㄓㄣㄍㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ gwai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-kui
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tin-kùi / tiⁿ-kùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): diang¹ gui³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnguì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - 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

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)
值鐳 / 值镭 (Puxian Min)
可貴 / 可贵 (kěguì)
名貴 / 名贵 (míngguì)
寶貴 / 宝贵 (bǎoguì)
對重 / 对重 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
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)
致重 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
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)