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珍珠

zhēn zhū

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 颗、粒

珍珠 (zhēn zhū) means "pearl". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 珍珠 means

1. pearl
2. (fig.) teardrop; tear

The characters in 珍珠

• 珍zhēnprecious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy
• 珠zhūbead; pearl

Example sentences

• 他的牙齿白得像珍珠一样。
  Tā de yáchǐ bái de xiàng zhēnzhū yīyàng.
  His teeth are white like a pearl.
• 这些珍珠是真的，不是人造的。
  Zhèxiē zhēnzhū shì zhēn de, bù shì rénzào de.
  These pearls are genuine, not artificial.
• 宝石师傅在胸针上镶了一枚大珍珠。
  Bǎoshí shīfu zài xiōngzhēn shàng xiāng le yī méi dà zhēnzhū.
  The jeweler mounted a big pearl on the brooch.
• 日本人在一九四一年十二月七日袭击珍珠港。
  Rìběnrén zài yī jiǔ sì yī nián Shí'èryuè qī rì xíjī Zhēnzhū Gǎng.
  The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
• 2015 年 4 月 14 日，我步行前往列治文公共市场，先是爬上了外面的阶梯。市场内部宽敞的中庭式建筑，让我感觉彷佛置身于丛林之中。我当时已经有点饿了，便小跑到小吃摊「瓦船长」那里，点了一份面和一杯热茶。面里有鱿鱼、鱼和豆腐。我吃着吃着，一位穿着紫色 T 恤的英俊原住民男子从我身边走过。接着，一位身材魁梧、相貌英俊的犹太人也走了过来。几分钟后，我开始觉得口渴，于是在「QQ 珍珠奶茶与咖啡」买了一杯冰镇薄荷珍珠绿茶。我坐在阶梯旁慢慢品尝。附近坐着一家三口吃东西，男人是黑人，女人是东亚人，小孩是混血儿。我喝珍珠奶茶上瘾，于是在「花生家」又买了一杯。这次是冰镇青苹果珍珠绿茶，味道好极了。我搭扶梯下楼。去洗手间的路上，我注意到一个大水族箱，里面养着大概是体型巨大的阿拉斯加红帝王蟹，蟹腿上长满了藤壶。不知怎的，它们让我想起了外星生物。在书店里，我买了一本图文并茂的绿色植物学书籍，上面用的是汉字。一个月前我把它放在一个箱子上，现在还在那里。这本书 14 块钱。我搭扶梯上楼。我对珍珠奶茶还是有瘾，于是用剩下的零钱买了一杯冰荔枝珍珠绿茶。味道好极了，里面甚至还有白色的荔枝果肉。
  On the 14th of April of 2015, I walk to the Richmond Public Market, I first climbing the stairs outside. Inside, the wide atrium-like building is like a garden in a jungle surrounding, I imagine. Already quite hungry, I trot to Captain Wa, the food vendor, to get noodles with squid, fish, and tofu, as well as hot tea. As I eat, a handsome First Nations man in a purple T-shirt walks by. Then a handsome, stocky Jewish fellow walks by. A few minutes later, I begin to thirst, so I get a cold Mint Bubble Green Tea at the vendor QQ Bubble Tea and Coffee. I sit by the stairs to sip. A threesome family sits eating nearby, the man being black, the woman being Oriental, and the child being a hybrid. Addicted to Bubble Tea, I get another one, this time at Peanut's. It is a cold Green Apple Bubble Green Tea. It is delicious. I take the escalator down. On my way to the washroom, I notice a big aquarium full of probably giant red Alaskan king crabs with barnacles on their legs. They remind me of extraterrestrials, somehow. At the bookstore, I buy a heavily illustrated green botany book in sinograms. I left it on top of a box a month ago and it is still there. It is $14. I take the escalator up. Addicted to Bubble Tea, I spend my remaining coins on a cold Lychee Bubble Green Tea. It is delicious with even bits of white lychee flesh.

Words starting with 珍珠

• 珍珠港Zhēn zhū GǎngPearl Harbor (Hawaii)
• 珍珠母zhēn zhū mǔmother-of-pearl (used in ornamentation and in TCM)
• 珍珠鸡zhēn zhū jīguinea fowl
• 珍珠奶茶zhēn zhū nǎi chápearl milk tea; tapioca milk tea; bubble milk tea
• 珍珠岩zhēn zhū yánperlite
• 珍珠翡翠白玉汤zhēn zhū fěi cuì bái yù tāngcabbage, rice and tofu soup

Words containing 珍珠

• 赛珍珠Sài Zhēn zhūPearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures…
• 无价珍珠Wú jià Zhēn zhūPearl of Great Price (Mormonism)
• 马氏珍珠贝mǎ shì zhēn zhū bèipearl oyster (genus Pinctada)

Sounds the same

Read zhēn zhū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 真珠variant of 珍珠

Where 珍珠 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhèn–zhēn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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