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宝贵

bǎo guì

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

宝贵 (bǎo guì) means "precious, valuable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 宝贵 means

1. valuable
2. precious
3. to value
4. to treasure
5. to set store by

The characters in 宝贵

• 宝bǎojewel; gem; treasure
• 贵guìexpensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank

Example sentences

• 时间是宝贵的。
  Time is precious.
• 宝贵的时间已失去。
  Bǎo guì de shíjiān yǐ shīqù.
  Valuable time has been lost.
• 时间比什幺都宝贵。
  Time is more precious than anything else.
• 那是一次宝贵的经验。
  Nàshi yīcì bǎoguì de jīngyàn.
  That was a valuable experience.
• 矿里能找到宝贵的矿物质。
  A mine is where you find precious minerals.
• 时间是世界上最宝贵的东西。
  Shíjiān shì shìjiè shàng zuì bǎoguì de dōngxi.
  Time is the most precious thing in the world.

Where 宝贵 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Personal Qualities & Character (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 guì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.