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Be worth in Chinese

to be worth · HSK 4

值得 zhí de

  1. 值 zhí value
  2. 得 dé to obtain

这本书值得一读。 This book is worth reading.

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How do you say be worth in Chinese?

Be worth in Chinese is 值得 (zhí de). You can also say 值 (zhí).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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