珍重

Chinese

		precious thing; treasure	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
simp. and trad. (珍重)		珍	重

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ zung⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-chhung
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tin-tiǒng / tin-tiōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-chung⁴
    • Yale: jēn-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenjonq
    • Palladius: чжэньчжун (čžɛnʹčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ zung⁶
    • Yale: jān juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-chhung
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin´ cung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tin-tiǒng
    • Tâi-lô: tin-tiǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin³³ tiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tin-tiōng
    • Tâi-lô: tin-tiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dindiong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tin⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tin⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ³³/

Verb

珍重

1. to treasure; to value
2. (said with good will towards the collocutor) to take care

   • 相視泣下數行。
     云：「李郞，珍重。」言訖漸滅，了無踪迹。
     生拾骨，附葬于親墓傍。旣葬，生亦以追念之故得病數月而卒。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: late 1400s, 金時習 (Kim Si-seup), 《李生窺牆傳》, 《金鰲新話》

     Sangsi eup ha su hang.
     Un: "Yi rang, jinjung." Eon hil jeom myeol, ryomu jongjeok.
     Saeng seup gol, bujang u chin myo bang. Gi jang, saeng yeok i chunyeom ji go deukbyeong su wol i jol. [Sino-Korean]

     They looked at each other, streams of tears flowing down.
     She said: "Yi, my love, take care." Once her words were finished, she gradually faded away; not a single trace of her was left.
     The young scholar gathered her bones and buried them next to her parents' grave. Once the burial was done, he too fell ill out of longing. A few months later, and he passed away.

Synonyms

• (to treasure):

• 呵護／呵护 (hēhù)
• 寶惜／宝惜 (Hokkien)
• 寶愛／宝爱 (bǎo'ài) (literary)
• 心疼 (xīnténg)
• 愛惜／爱惜 (àixī)
• 愛憐／爱怜 (àilián)
• 愛護／爱护 (àihù)
• 愛錫／爱锡 (oi³ sek³) (Cantonese)
• 憐愛／怜爱 (lián'ài)
• 珍惜 (zhēnxī)
• 珍愛／珍爱 (zhēn'ài)
• 珍視／珍视 (zhēnshì)
• 疼惜 (Hokkien)
• 疼愛／疼爱 (téng'ài)
• 顧惜／顾惜 (gùxī)

 

• (to take care): 保重 (bǎozhòng)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to treasure”): 鄙薄 (bǐbó)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
珍	重
ちん Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちんちょー [chìńchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

珍(ちん)重(ちょう) • (chinchō) 

1. cherishing, esteem

Antonyms

• 軽蔑(けいべつ) (keibetsu, “despisal”)
• 鄙薄(ひはく) (hihaku, “despisal”) (literary)

Verb

珍(ちん)重(ちょう)する • (chinchō suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 珍(ちん)重(ちょう)し (chinchō shi), past 珍(ちん)重(ちょう)した (chinchō shita))

1. (transitive) to cherish; to treasure
2. (intransitive) take care of oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of "珍重する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	珍重し	ちんちょうし	chinchō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	珍重し	ちんちょうし	chinchō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	珍重する	ちんちょうする	chinchō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	珍重する	ちんちょうする	chinchō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	珍重すれ	ちんちょうすれ	chinchō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	珍重せよ¹ 珍重しろ²	ちんちょうせよ¹ ちんちょうしろ²	chinchō seyo¹ chinchō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	珍重される	ちんちょうされる	chinchō sareru
Causative	珍重させる 珍重さす	ちんちょうさせる ちんちょうさす	chinchō saseru chinchō sasu
Potential	珍重できる	ちんちょうできる	chinchō dekiru
Volitional	珍重しよう	ちんちょうしよう	chinchō shiyō
Negative	珍重しない	ちんちょうしない	chinchō shinai
Negative continuative	珍重せず	ちんちょうせず	chinchō sezu
Formal	珍重します	ちんちょうします	chinchō shimasu
Perfective	珍重した	ちんちょうした	chinchō shita
Conjunctive	珍重して	ちんちょうして	chinchō shite
Hypothetical conditional	珍重すれば	ちんちょうすれば	chinchō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
珍	重

Verb

珍重

1. chữ Hán form of trân trọng (“to show consideration for; to respect”).

Adjective

珍重

1. chữ Hán form of trân trọng (“respectful; deferential”).