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桂

guì

Character

What 桂 means

1. cassia
2. laurel

Other readings

桂 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Guìsurname Gui; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region {广西壮族自治区|Guǎng xī Zhuàng zú Zì zhì qū}

Example sentences

• 桂林山水甲天下。
  Guìlín shānshuǐ jiǎ tiānxià.
  Guilin's sceneries are the most beautiful ones under the heaven.
• 她在花园里种了桂花。
  Tā zài huāyuán lǐ zhǒng le guìhuā.
  She planted fragrant olives in the garden.
• 汤姆喜欢喝加肉桂的茶。
  Tom likes tea with cinnamon.
• 桂林的景色是天下最美的。
  Guilin's sceneries are the most beautiful ones under the heaven.
• 大学时期，买零食很便宜。我常常会吃个咖哩牛肉包子或一个大肉桂卷，再喝杯茶。
  During my university days, it was cheap then to buy a snack. I would munch on a curried beef bun or a big cinnamon roll and drink a cup of tea.

Words starting with 桂

• 桂花guì huāosmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans
• 桂冠guì guānlaurel (as a symbol of victory or merit)
• 桂林市Guì lín ShìGuilin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 广西壮族自治区
• 桂枝guì zhīcinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi)
• 桂格Guì géQuaker (company)
• 桂皮guì píChinese cinnamon (Cinnamonum cassia); cassia bark
• 桂鱼guì yúmandarin fish
• 桂平市Guì píng ShìGuiping, a county-level city in Guigang City 贵港市
• 桂木属Guì mù shǔgenus Artocarpus
• 桂东县Guì dōng XiànGuidong, a county in Chenzhou City 郴州市
• 桂阳县Guì yáng XiànGuiyang, a county in Chenzhou City 郴州市
• 桂系军阀Guì xì jūn fáGuangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930
• 桂林医学院Guì lín Yī Xué yuànGuilin Medical University
• 桂纶镁Guì Lún měiGuey Lun-mei (1983-), Taiwanese actress
• 桂林Guì línsee 桂林市
• 桂圆guì yuánsee 龙眼
• 桂平Guì píngsee 桂平市
• 桂东Guì dōngsee 桂东县
• 桂阳Guì yángsee 桂阳县

Words containing 桂

• 吴三桂Wú Sān guìWu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them…
• 月桂yuè guìlaurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; bay leaf
• 丹桂dān guìorange osmanthus
• 官桂guān guìChinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia); also written 肉桂
• 折桂zhé guìto win the laurels; to pass an imperial examination; to win a championship
• 肉桂ròu guìChinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
• 月桂冠yuè guì guānlaurel crown; victory garland (in Greek and Western culture)
• 月桂树yuè guì shùlaurel tree (Laurus nobilis); bay tree
• 月桂叶yuè guì yèbay leaf; laurel leaf
• 李成桂Lǐ Chéng guìYi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910)
• 穆桂英Mù Guì yīngMu Guiying, female warrior and heroine of the Yang Saga 杨家将
• 临桂区Lín guì QūLingui, a district of Guilin City 桂林市
• 金桂冠Jīn Guì guānKim Kye-gwan (1943-), North Korean diplomat, first vice-foreign minister and chief…
• 月桂树叶yuè guì shù yèlaurel leaf; bay leaf
• 湘桂运河Xiāng Guì Yùn héHunan-Guangxi Canal, another name for Lingqu 灵渠
• 蒋桂战争Jiǎng Guì zhàn zhēngconfrontation of 1929 between Chiang Kaishek and the Guangxi warlord faction
• 食玉炊桂shí yù chuī guìfood is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom)…
• 倪桂珍Ní Guì zhēnNi Guizhen or Ni Kwei-Tseng (1869 - 1931), mother of Song Ailing 宋蔼龄
• 蟾宫折桂chán gōng zhé guìlit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)…
• 玉桂yù guìsee 肉桂
• 临桂Lín guìsee 临桂区
• 香桂xiāng guìsee 桂皮

Characters built on 圭

These share the phonetic component 圭 (guī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 硅guīsilicon (chemistry)
• 奎kuícrotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
• 闺guīsmall arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 鲑guītrout; salmon
• 眭suīto have a deep or piercing gaze
• 恚huìrage
• 跬kuǐbrief; short step
• 筀guìbamboo (archaic)

Characters that look like 桂

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 柱zhùpillar
• 硅guīsilicon (chemistry)
• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb

Sounds the same

Read guì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贵expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank
• 柜cupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 跪to kneel
• 刽to amputate; to cut off; also pr. kuài
• 桧Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis); (old) coffin lid decoration; Taiwan pr. kuài
• 攰totally exhausted (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 累
• 鳜mandarin fish; Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi)
• 刿cut; injure
• 嶡precipitous; mountainous
• 溎name of a river
• 鱥minnow
• 筀bamboo (archaic)