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珍稀

zhēn xī

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

珍稀 (zhēn xī) means "rare; precious and uncommon". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 珍稀 means

1. rare
2. precious and uncommon

The characters in 珍稀

• 珍zhēnprecious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery

Example sentences

• 在英国，以珍稀物种为主题的公园变得越来越受人们的欢迎。
  Zài Yīngguó, yǐ zhēnxī wùzhǒng wéizhǔ tí de gōngyuán biànde yuèláiyuè shòu rénmen de huānyíng.
  In England, parks taking rare breeds of animals as their theme are becoming increasingly popular with people.

Sounds the same

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

• 珍惜to treasure; to value; to cherish

Where 珍稀 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.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhēn xī correctly.
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