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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">值得</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">zhíde</span>) means "<b>to be worth</b>" doing something, and is often placed before a verb or a verb phrase. Note that it is used to describe whether an action is worth it and cannot be used to state that something is worth a certain monetary value. For that&#160;<span class="hanzi">值</span>&#160;must be used on its own.</p>

  <h2 id="值得-as-an-adverb"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">值得</span>&#160;as an Adverb</h2>

  <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>

  <div class="jiegou"><div class="deux"><span class="hanzist">值得</span>&#160;+ Verb / [Verb Phrase]</div>
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      <li><span class="hanzi">雷锋 助人为乐 的 精神 值得 我们 学习。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">The spirit of altruism merits some study.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">巴金 的 散文 很 值得 一看。</span>&#160;&#160;<span class="trans">Ba Jin's prose deserves a look.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这 件 小事 不 值得 你 担心。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">This little thing isn't worth your time.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="值得-as-an-adjective"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">值得</span>&#160;as an Adjective</h2>

  <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">值得</span>&#160;can also be used as an adjective - on its own, or following a verb phrase.</p>

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    <div class="deux">([Verb Phrase]) +&#160;<span class="hanzist">值得</span></div>
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      <li><span class="hanzi">值得吗？ 值得。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Is it worth it? Yes. It's worth it.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">上大学(很)值得。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Attending college is worth it.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">学汉语是值得的。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Studying Chinese is really worth it.</span></li>
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  <p>When expressing that something is not worth doing one can say something is either&#160;<span class="hanzi">不值得</span>&#160;or&#160;<span class="hanzi">值不得</span>.</p>

  <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and Further Reading</h2>

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    <li><span class="hanzi">现代汉语八百词</span> (pp.677-678) </li>
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