zhí

value; (to be) worth; to happen to

verbadjective HSK 3.0 · Band 4

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 值得zhídéworth the moneyB4
  • 充值chōngzhíto recharge (money onto a card)B5
  • 价值jiàzhívalueB5
  • 值班zhíbānto work a shiftB6
  • 贬值biǎnzhíto become devaluatedB7
  • 产值chǎnzhívalue of outputB7
  • 价值观jiàzhíguānvalue systemB7

See it in sentences

这个东西不值什么钱。

This thing is not worth much money.

这本书买得很值。

This book was well worth buying.