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[1] high-placed; high-ranking; honorable; distinguished [2] expensive; costly; valuable; high-priced [3] [v] esteem; treat with respect [4] [v] treasure; value highly; prize [5] valuable; precious [6] a polite expression referring to another person; you; your [7] a Chinese family name [8] short for Kweichow province Stroke count: 12
Level: 2
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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貴 / 贵 | ||
Don't confuse with: 賣買賈 |
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高貴 gou1 gwai3 = noble; grandeur 貴價 gwai3 gaa3 = costly, expensive 好貴 hou2 gwai3 = very expensive 粵 可貴 ho2 gwai3 = valuable 貴婦 gwai3 fu5 = noble lady 貴重 gwai3 zung6 = valuable 炒貴刁 caau2 gwai3 diu1 = fried rice noodles 貴姓 gwai3 sing3 = your name 寶貴 bou2 gwai3 = valuable 珍貴 zan1 gwai3 = precious 富貴 fu3 gwai3 = riches and power 貴賓 gwai3 ban1 = honoured guest 貴族 gwai3 zuk6 = nobility 貴格 gwai3 gaak3 = dignity 矜貴 ging1 gwai3 = self-conceited; precious 貴庚 gwai3 gang1 = (may I know) your age? 名貴 ming4 gwai3 = precious; distinguished 使高貴 sai2 gou1 gwai3 = dignify 貴族社會 gwai3 zuk6 se5 wui6*2 = aristocracy 貴族身份 gwai3 zuk6 san1 fan6*2 = lordship 元貴 jyun4 gwai3 = [n] the male genitalia 貴賓咭 gwai3 ban1 kaat1 = VIP card 粵 大富大貴 daai6 fu3 daai6 gwai3 = very wealthy; very rich 花開富貴 faa1 hoi1 fu3 gwai3 = wealthy (new year wish) 貴一貴 gwai3 jat1 gwai3 = no matter how expensive 粵 貴貴 gwai2 gwai3 = no matter how expensive 粵 單身貴族 daan1 san1 gwai3 zuk6 = a wealthy single male or female 放貴利 fong3 gwai3 lei6*2 = to work as a loanshark; to be a usurer 貴姓名 gwai3 sing3 ming4 = honored name 貴細 gwai3 sai3 = fragile, refined, "tender and expensive" 貴利 gwai3 lei6*2 = loan sharking 嫌米貴 jim4 mai5 gwai3 = dead (an attempt to be funny as it says the person dislikes expensive rice) 貴姓大名 gwai3 sing3 daai6 meng4 = may I know your name? 唔使問阿貴 m4 sai2 man6 aa3 gwai3 = no need to ask 粵 以和為貴 ji5 wo4 wai4 gwai3 = harmony is a virtue; harmony is the best strategy 貴幹 gwai3 gon3 = how can I be of service? may I help you? 難能可貴 naan4 nang4 ho2 gwai3 = rare and valuable 收貴 sau1 gwai3 = to overcharge 粵 昂貴 ngong4 gwai3 = expensive, costly 尊貴 zyun1 gwai3 = honourable; respectable; respected 長命富貴 coeng4 meng6 fu3 gwai3 = We wish you long life and riches! (lit., "long life, abundant riches") 兵貴神速 bing1 gwai3 san4 cuk1 = speed is precious in war 貴人事忙 gwai3 jan4 si6 mong4 = you're so busy; you're always so busy 早生貴子 zou2 sang1 gwai3 zi2 = hope you have a son soon 高抬貴手 gou1 toi4 gwai3 sau2 = have mercy on me; show mercy to 榮華富貴 wing4 waa4 fu3 gwai3 = glory and wealth; wealth and rank; high position and great riches 身嬌肉貴 san1 giu1 yuk6 gwai3 = of a women to be delicate and fragile 粵 貴妃蚌 gwai3 fei1 pong5 = common oriental clam; surf clam 貴妃雞 gwai3 fei1 gai1 = poached marinated chicken 承你貴言 sing4 nei5 gwai3 jin4 = whatever you said; wish everything you said would come true 貴夾唔飽 gwai3 gaap3 ng4 baau2 = both expensive and not filling (of a restaurant ) 粵 貴婦狗 gwai3 fu5 gau2 = poodle 權貴 kyun4 gwai3 = influential officials; bigwigs 千金貴體 cin1 gam1 gwai3 tai2 = precious noble body 一家富貴 jat1 gaa1 fu3 gwai3 = the whole family prospers 貴州 gwai3 zau1 = Guizhou (PRC province in the SW of the country) 貴池 gwai3 ci4 = Guichi (city in Anhui) 貴德 gwai3 dak1 = Guide (place in Qinghai) 貴定 gwai3 ding6 = Guiding (place in Guizhou) 貴港 gwai3 gong2 = Guigang (city in Guangxi) 貴溪 gwai3 kai1 = Guixi (place in Jiangxi) 貴南 gwai3 naam4 = Guinan (place in Qinghai) 貴州省 gwai3 zau1 saang2 = Guizhou, southern Chinese province 洛陽紙貴 lok3 joeng4 zi2 gwai3 = book with tremendous sales caused "the Luoyang paper is expensive" 貴妃 gwai3 fei1 = highest-ranking imperial concubine 嬌貴 giu1 gwai3 = 1. over-protected and spoiled 2. delicate 百時美施貴寶 baak3 si4 mei5 si1 gwai3 bou2 = Bristol-Myers Squibb 必治妥施貴寶 bit1 zi6 to5 si1 gwai3 bou2 = Bristol-Myers Squibb |
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Showing all 4 examples containing 貴
婆婆,你今年貴庚呀? 粵
Po Po (an elderly woman), how old are you? [Scenario: A person is talking to an elderly woman. ]
今年學費貴過舊年 粵
This year's tuition fees are more than last year's. [Lit. This year study fee expensive-surpass last year.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |