Precious in Chinese
precious · HSK 5
宝贵
- 宝 treasure
- 贵 expensive
谢谢你的宝贵意见。 Thank you for your valuable advice.
Other ways to say precious
More words with 宝 or 贵
How do you say precious in Chinese?
Precious in Chinese is 宝贵 (bǎo guì). You can also say 珍贵 (zhēn guì), 贵重 (guì zhòng), 贵 (guì), 宝 (bǎo).
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?
Our own 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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