珍重

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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

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。
      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.
      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):
  • (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

Noun

珍(ちん)重(ちょう) • (chinchō) 

  1. cherishing, esteem

Antonyms

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
    • 1905–06, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here)
      いかに珍重(ちんちょう)されなかったかは、今(こん)日(にち)に至(いた)るまで名前(なまえ)さえつけてくれないのでも分(わか)る。
      Ika ni chinchō sarenakatta ka wa, konnichi ni itaru made namae sae tsukete kurenai no demo wakaru.
      The fact that nobody, even to this day, has given me a name indicates quite clearly how very little they have thought about me.
  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

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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”).
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