"Rare" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 难得 | nán dé | seldom / rare / hard to come by |   |
| 罕见 | hǎn jiàn | rare / rarely seen | |
| 珍稀 | zhēn xī | rare / precious and uncommon | |
| 少见 | shǎo jiàn | rare / seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you | |
| 少有 | shǎo yǒu | rare / infrequent | |
| 稀少 | xī shǎo | sparse / rare | |
| 名贵 | míng guì | famous and valuable / rare / precious | |
| 稀奇 | xī qí | rare / strange | |
| 不可多得 | bù kě duō dé | hard to come by / rare | |
| 稀罕 | xī han | rare / uncommon / rarity / to value as a rarity / to cherish / Taiwan pr. [xi1 han3] | |
| 希奇 | xī qí | rare / strange | |
| 稀世 | xī shì | rare | |
| 珍奇 | zhēn qí | rare / strange | |
| 奇绝 | qí jué | strange / rare / bizarre | |
| 稀 |  xī | rare / uncommon / watery / sparse | |
| 罕 | hǎn | rare | |
| 玮 | wěi | (reddish jade) / precious / rare | |
| 祎 | yī | excellent / precious / rare / fine / (used in given names) | |
| 珍异 | zhēn yì | rare / precious and odd | |
| 罕有 | hǎn yǒu | to rarely have / rare | |
| 一分熟 | yī fēn shú | rare (of steak) | |
| 秘籍 | mì jí | rare book / cheat code (video games) | |
| 怪兽 | guài shòu | rare animal / mythical animal / monster | |
| 元宝 | yuán bǎo | a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius | |
| 殊荣 | shū róng | special glory / distinction / rare honor / one's laurels / it's a privilege (to meet you) | |
| 尤物 | yóu wù | rarity / rare object / rare person / extraordinarily beautiful woman | |
| 稀土 | xī tǔ | rare earth (chemistry) | |
| 异物 | yì wù | rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form | |
| 难能可贵 | nán néng kě guì | rare and precious / valuable / remarkable | |
| 瑰宝 | guī bǎo | gem / (fig.) rare and valuable item / gem / treasure | |
| 千载难逢 | qiān zǎi nán féng | extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon | |
| 闻所未闻 | wén suǒ wèi wén | unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event | |
| 凤毛麟角 | fèng máo lín jiǎo | lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom) / fig. few and far between | |
| 奇珍 | qí zhēn | a rare treasure / sth priceless and unique | |
| 眼福 | yǎn fú | a treat for the eyes / the rare chance of seeing sth beautiful | |
| 异香 | yì xiāng | rare perfume | |
| 善本 | shàn běn | old book / good book / reliable book / rare book | |
| 高才 | gāo cái | great talent / rare capability / person of outstanding ability | |
| 珍馐 | zhēn xiū | delicacy / dainties / rare foodstuff | |
| 奇货可居 | qí huò kě jū | rare commodity worth hoarding / object for profiteering | |
| 秘本 | mì běn | a treasured rare book | |
| 寥若晨星 | liáo ruò chén xīng | rare as morning stars (idiom) / few and far between / sparse | |
| 稀土元素 | xī tǔ yuán sù | rare earth element (chemistry) | |
| 铁树开花 | tiě shù kāi huā | lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence | |
| 菰 | gū | Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1 bai2 sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom | |
| 鱻 | xiān | fresh / rare | |
| 稀有气体 | xī yǒu qì tǐ | rare gas / noble gas (chemistry) | |
| 奇珍异宝 | qí zhēn yì bǎo | rare treasure (idiom) | |
| 奇葩异卉 | qí pā yì huì | rare and exotic flora (idiom) | |
| 沅江九肋 | Yuán jiāng jiǔ lèi | rare talent / lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river | |
| 珍禽奇兽 | zhēn qín qí shòu | rare animals and birds | |
| 空谷足音 | kōng gǔ zú yīn | the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom) / sth hard to come by / sth wonderful and rare | |
| 人迹罕至 | rén jì hǎn zhì | lit. men's footprints are rare (idiom) / fig. off the beaten track / lonely / deserted | |
| 奇花异卉 | qí huā yì huì | exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom) | |
| 尟 | xiǎn | few / rare | |
| 禕 | yī | excellent / precious / rare | |
| 稀土金属 | xī tǔ jīn shǔ | rare earth element | |
| 三分熟 | sān fēn shú | medium rare (of steak) | |
| 人迹罕 | rén jì hǎn | lit. men's footprints are rare / off the beaten track | |
| 容华绝代 | róng huá jué dài | to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom) | |
| 珍羞 | zhēn xiū | variant of 珍饈|珍馐, delicacy / dainties / rare foodstuff | |
| 袮 | mi | used in rare Japanese place names such as 袮宜町 / Minorimachi and 袮宜田 / Minorita | |
| 高材 | gāo cái | great talent / rare capability / person of outstanding ability | |
| 龙肝凤胆 | lóng gān fèng dǎn | rare food / ambrosia (delicacy) | |
| 稀有物种稀有分类群 | rare taxon | | |
| 欧洲稀有受威胁和特产植物清单 | List of Rare, Threatened and Endemic Plants in Europe | | |
| 个例 | gè lì | specific example / rare instance | |
