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HSK
value; worth / (ethical, cultural etc) values
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *值* | 值* | *值
value / (to be) worth / to happen to / to be on duty
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贵* | 贵* | *贵
expensive / (bound form) highly valued; precious / (bound form) noble; of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your
HSK 1
valuable / precious / to value / to treasure / to set store by
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掉* | 掉* | *掉
to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
HSK 2
to esteem / to respect / to honor / to value / eminent / serious / proper
HSK 5
to appreciate (financially) / to increase in value / value-added (accountancy)
HSK 6
value of output / output value
HSK 7-9
to treasure / to value / to cherish
HSK 5
heat / quantity of heat / calorific value
HSK 5
to attach importance to sth; to value
HSK 2
value system; personal or cultural values
HSK 7-9
to preserve value; to protect against depreciation
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *价* | 价* | *价
price / value / (chemistry) valence
HSK 5
significant figures (in a measured value)
(neologism) the three core personal values: worldview (世界觀|世界观), view of life (人生觀|人生观) and value system (價值觀|价值观)
to appreciate (in value) / to increase in price
HSK 5
to sacrifice one's life / to sacrifice (sth valued) / beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
HSK 6
to regard as important; to value
HSK 7-9
to rise in value / to appreciate
HSK 6
practical value
to calculate / to weigh (pros and cons) / to view as profitable / worthwhile / value for money / cost-effective
HSK 7-9
splitcharactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *MV* | MV* | *MV
desirability as a partner (abbr. for "mate value") / music video
real-valued (math.) / taking real numbers as values (of a function)
(computing) to push (a value) onto a stack
(economics) surplus value
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom) / (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect / each word is highly valued
absolute value
(Tw) value for money; bang for your buck
maximum value
value deduced by calculation / derived value
to treasure; to cherish; to value highly / (in parting) take good care of yourself
HSK 7-9
to be well worth the money one pays (for it); to be great value
to adjust to the right value / to tune / to focus (a camera etc) / to set (the date, the time) to the correct value
(Tw) to put money into (a stored-value card or pre-paid phone account); to top up
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啡* | 啡* | *啡
(used in loanwords for its phonetic value)
market capitalization; market value
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *余* | 余* | *余
extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me
HSK 7-9
property value
industry value chain
of little value
adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core
to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate
HSK 6
gold content / (fig.) value; quality; prestige
total (amount or value)
HSK 7-9
mean value theorem (in calculus)
real-valued (math.) / taking real numbers as values (of a function)
numerical value
peak value
(coll.) (neologism, attested by 2006) to extract money unscrupulously (e.g. through IPOs, fandom, or game mechanics) while offering little genuine value; to grift; to fleece
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尚* | 尚* | *尚
still / yet / to value / to esteem
HSK 7-9
total value
social status / price of a slave / price of a person (a sportsman etc) / worth / value (of stocks, valuables etc)
HSK 7-9
values / standards
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
average value
net value / net worth
average transaction value per customer (i.e. the average amount a customer spends per visit or transaction)
average value
ideological and political education (abbr. for 思想政治教育) (state-directed education in China aimed at promoting Marxism, patriotism and socialist values, particularly in schools and universities – also, more broadly, ideological guidance in workplaces, media and public discourse)
human life is beyond value (idiom)
to value / to appraise / to be valued at / estimate / valuation
expectations / (math) expected value
the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
stock that has potential to increase in value / (fig.) sb with good prospects
just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value
to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
negative value (math.)
value of a currency
(economics) to slump / steep fall (in value etc)
value of assets
to assess / to estimate the value
to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity
phonetic value of a character
residual value
to indicate the phonetic value of a word using other words
nominal value
face value / par value
an allowance / to allow for (a drop in value) (accountancy)
to approach (a numerical value) / to converge to a limit (in calculus) / convergence
to accept without question / to take sth at face value
to defend traditional values
to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
usable value
exchange value
value engineering
emotional value
to write down (i.e. to decrease the expected value of a loan)
to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)
to take loving care of / to value
calorific value
high interest / huge profit / to value money highly
crash / breakdown (of social values etc) / burst / to crumble / to collapse
forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc)
traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone
added-value (accountancy)
equal / equal in value / equivalent
fair value (accounting)
commodity value
equal in status; on an equal footing; of equal standing (esp. between two parties) / equivalent; commensurate; matching (in value, level etc)

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