珍藏

Chinese

		precious thing; treasure	storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate
trad. (珍藏)		珍	藏
simp. #(珍藏)		珍	藏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēncáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄘㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ cong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-chông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēncáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄘㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhencáng
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-tsʻang²
    • Yale: jēn-tsáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jentsarng
    • Palladius: чжэньцан (čžɛnʹcan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ cong⁴
    • Yale: jān chòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ tsong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ cong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-chông
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-tsông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinzoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ t͡sɔŋ²⁴/

Verb

珍藏

1. to treasure; to store in a safe place and consider to be precious

   • 殘留著彈孔，染透斑斑血迹的紅旗，被她珍藏在一床舊棉絮里。 [MSC, trad.]
     残留着弹孔，染透斑斑血迹的红旗，被她珍藏在一床旧棉絮里。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1961, Luo Guangbin and Yang Yiyan, Red Crag

     Cánliúzhe dànkǒng, rǎntòu bānbān xuèjì de hóngqí, bèi tā zhēncáng zài yī chuáng jiù miánxù lǐ. [Pinyin]

     The red flag marred by bulletholes and soaked with bloodstains was treasured by her in the cotton batting of a quilt.

Synonyms

• 保藏 (bǎocáng)
• 儲藏／储藏 (chǔcáng)
• 寶藏／宝藏 (bǎocáng) (literary)
• 庋藏 (literary)
• 收囥 (Hokkien)
• 收藏 (shōucáng)
• 貯囥／贮囥 (Hokkien)
• 貯藏／贮藏 (zhùcáng)

 

Noun

珍藏

1. collection (of rare books, art treasures, etc.)