貴 (gwai3 | gui4) : expensive

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貴

gwai3

gui4

[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] shor for Kweichow province

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: (#154)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

貴 / 贵

Don't confuse with:
賣買賈

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Jul 2009 08:37

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高貴 gou1 gwai3 gao1 gui4 = noble; grandeur

好貴 hou2 gwai3 = very expensive 粵

可貴 ho2 gwai3 = valuable

貴重 gwai3 zung6 gui4 zhong4 = valuable

炒貴刁 caau2 gwai3 diu1 chao3 gui4 diao1 = fried rice noodles

貴姓 gwai3 sing3 gui4 xing4 = your name

寶貴 bou2 gwai3 bao3 gui4 = valuable

珍貴 zan1 gwai3 zhen1 gui4 = precious

貴族們 gwai3 zuk6 mun4 gui4 zu2 men2 = aristocracy, nobility, gentry

富貴 fu3 gwai3 fu4 gui4 = riches and power
See all 63 compounds (CantoDict reports 64 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 貴

呢個價錢貴過平時嘅。粵
This price is higher than normal.

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.]

你覺得自己好矜貴啊？粵
You really think highly of yourself, don't you?
[sarcastic]

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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.

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Decimal representation of this word: 貴
Unicode code for this character: U+8CB4 (off-site link)

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