Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- zhēn
English
- precious, valuable, rare
- precious thing
- treasure
- culinary delicacy
- rare
- valuable
- to value highly
- treasure; precious; valuable
粵語
- 同高價值有關
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 珍
- 珍貴zan1 gwai3
precious
- 珍藏zan1 cong4
a collection of rare and valuable items
- 珍寶zan1 bou2
a treasure
- 珍珠zan1 zyu1
pearl (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4])
- 珍惜zan1 sik1
to treasure
- 珍珠雞zan1 zyu1 gai1
guinea fowl
- 珍愛zan1 oi3
to cherish
- 珍品zan1 ban2
valuable object
- 袖珍zau6 zan1
pocket-sized
- 珍重zan1 zung6
to treasure; to cherish; to value highly
- 八珍baat3 zan1
someone who loves to gossip; eight kinds of precious food
- 永珍wing5 zan1
Vientiane, capital of Laos (Tw)
- 珍視zan1 si6
to place great importance on
- 雞珍gai1 zan1
chicken gizzard (cuisine)
- 珍異zan1 ji6
rare
- 珍聞zan1 man4
oddity
- 珍羞zan1 sau1
variant of 珍饈|珍馐[zhen1 xiu1]
- 珍珠奶茶zan1 zyu1 naai5 caa4
pearl milk tea
- 珍珠米zan1 zyu1 mai5
pearl rice
- 秀珍菇sau3 zan1 gu1
oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
- 珍珠母zan1 zyu1 mou5
mother-of-pearl (used in ornamentation and in TCM)
- 珍珠岩zan1 zyu1 ngaam4
perlite
- 珍妮zan1 nei4
Jenny [written and colloquial]
- 珍寶機zan1 bou2 gei1
jumbo jet