# 珍重
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhēnzhòng
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zan$^1$ zung$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-chhung
    (Hailu, HRS): zhin$^ˋ$ chung$^˖$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tin-tiǒng / tin-tiōng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnzhòng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhenjhòng
*** Wade–Giles: chên$^1$-chung$^4$
*** Yale: jēn-jùng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenjonq
*** Palladius: чжэньчжун (čžɛnʹčžun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zan$^1$ zung$^6$
*** Yale: jān juhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzan$^1$ dzung$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zen$^1$ zung$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-chhung
*** Hakka Romanization System: ziin$^ˊ$ cung
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zin$^1$ cung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zhin$^ˋ$ chung$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃin⁵³ t͡ʃʰuŋ³³/
* 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
* to treasure; to value
* (said with good will towards the collocutor) to take care
    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 (oi$^3$ sek$^3$) (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: [t͡ɕĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

### Noun

珍(ちん)重(ちょう) • (chinchō)
* 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))
* (transitive) to cherish; to treasure
* (intransitive) take care of oneself

#### Conjugation

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 ||||

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 珍 | 重 |

### Verb

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

### Adjective

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