惜阴 xīyīn to value one's time Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 惜 xī verb to cherish (bound form) to cherish; to value highly; to take care of tenderly, as in 珍惜 zhēnxī or 爱惜 àixī阴 陰 yīn noun time (literary) time; the passage of time