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宝贝

bǎo bèi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 寶貝

宝贝 (bǎo bèi) means "treasure, treasured object". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 宝贝 means

1. treasured object
2. treasure
3. darling
4. baby
5. cowry
6. good-for-nothing or queer character

The characters in 宝贝

• 宝bǎojewel; gem; treasure
• 贝bèicowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)

Example sentences

• 宝贝！
  My precious!
• 宝贝。
  My precious.
• 她是老师的宝贝。
  Tā shì lǎoshī de bǎobèi.
  She is a teacher's pet.
• 他是家里的宝贝。
  He is the baby of the family.
• 妈妈亲了她的宝贝。
  Māma qīn le tā de bǎobèi.
  The mother kissed her baby.
• 出什幺事了，宝贝？
  What's wrong, honey?

Words starting with 宝贝

• 宝贝疙瘩bǎo bèi gē da(of a child) apple of one's eye
• 宝贝儿bǎo bèi rerhua variant of 宝贝

Words containing 宝贝

• 神奇宝贝Shén qí Bǎo bèiPokémon or Pocket Monsters, popular Japanese video game, anime and manga
• 心肝宝贝xīn gān bǎo bèiprecious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart

Where 宝贝 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Value, Wealth & Preservation (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bǎo bèi correctly.
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