宝贝 bǎobèi▶ bebé

Stroke order

宝贝 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 宝 — 8 strokes
• 贝 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. treasured object
2. treasure
3. darling
4. baby
5. cowry
6. good-for-nothing or queer character

Related words

• 宝贵valioso
• 贝壳concha; caracola

宝贝 is pronounced bǎobèi and means “bebé”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 宝贝 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.