珍
zhēn HSK5

precious

珍 zhēn
delicacy expression
a rare or expensive food item

餐桌上摆满了各式山珍海味。

cān​zhuō shàng bǎi​mǎn le gè shì shān zhēn hǎi​wèi.

The dining table was covered with all kinds of exotic delicacies.

precious adjective
highly valued, rare, or excellent in quality

大熊猫是举世闻名的珍稀动物。

dà xióng​māo shì jǔ​shì​wén​míng de zhēn xī dòng​wù.

The giant panda is a world-renowned rare animal.

treasure noun
a precious thing or object of great value

博物馆里收藏了许多稀世奇珍。

bó​wù​guǎn lǐ shōu​cáng le xǔ​duō xī​shì qí zhēn.

The museum houses many rare treasures from around the world.

cherish adjective
to prize or value something highly

他非常珍视这段跨越了数十年的真挚友谊。

tā fēi​cháng zhēn shì zhè duàn kuà​yuè le shù​shí nián de zhēn​zhì yǒu​yì.

He deeply treasures this sincere friendship that has spanned several decades.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,314th most common 93.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,267th most common 63.7 per million appears in 19% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
8.73 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
9.97 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+73CD

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)