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贵

guì

HSK 2 Character Traditional 貴

What 贵 means

1. expensive
2. bound formhighly valued; precious
3. bound formnoble; of high rank
4. (prefix) (honorific) your

Other readings

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

• Guìshort name for Guizhou {贵州|Guì zhōu}

Example sentences

• 太贵了！
  It's too expensive!
• 它多贵?
  How much is it?
• 太贵了。
  It's too expensive.
• 这很贵。
  This is expensive.
• 很贵吧？
  It’s expensive, isn’t it?
• 请问您贵姓
  Qǐngwèn nín guìxìng
  What is your name?

Words starting with 贵

• 贵族guì zúlord; nobility; nobleman
• 贵重guì zhòngprecious
• 贵宾guì bīnhonored guest; distinguished guest; VIP
• 贵人guì rénnobility; person of high rank
• 贵州省Guì zhōu ShěngGuizhou Province, capital Guiyang 贵阳市
• 贵贱guì jiànnoble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son…
• 贵妃guì fēisenior concubine; imperial consort
• 贵姓guì xìngwhat is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname?
• 贵国guì guóyour distinguished country
• 贵妇人guì fù réndame
• 贵方guì fāng(in business etc) your side; you
• 贵司guì sī(courteous) your company
• 贵妇guì fùupper-class woman; lady (old)
• 贵干guì gàn(polite) your business; what brings you?
• 贵府guì fǔyour home (honorific)
• 贵校guì xiào(honorific) your school
• 贵公司guì gōng sīyour company
• 贵族化guì zú huàgentrification; aristocratic; upper-class
• 贵格会Guì gé huìSociety of Friends; the Quakers
• 贵池区Guì chí QūGuichi, a district of Chizhou City 池州市
• 贵港市Guì gǎng ShìGuigang, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 广西壮族自治区
• 贵宾室guì bīn shìVIP lounge
• 贵金属guì jīn shǔprecious metal
• 贵阳市Guì yáng ShìGuiyang, prefecture-level city and capital of Guizhou Province 贵州省

Words containing 贵

• 宝贵bǎo guìvaluable; precious; to value
• 珍贵zhēn guìprecious
• 昂贵áng guìexpensive; costly
• 难能可贵nán néng kě guìrare and precious; valuable; remarkable
• 高贵gāo guìgrandeur; noble
• 富贵fù guìriches and honor
• 可贵kě guìto be treasured; praiseworthy
• 名贵míng guìfamous and valuable; rare; precious
• 尊贵zūn guìrespected; respectable; honorable
• 权贵quán guìinfluential officials; bigwigs
• 华贵huá guìsumptuous; luxurious
• 杨贵妃Yáng Guì fēiYang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗
• 新贵xīn guìnouveau riche; upstart; new appointee
• 弥足珍贵mí zú zhēn guìextremely precious; valuable
• 显贵xiǎn guìdignitary; distinguished person; royalty
• 荣华富贵róng huá fù guìglory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
• 金贵jīn guì(colloquial) precious; extremely valuable
• 达官贵人dá guān guì rén(idiom) high officials and noble lords; the powerful and influential
• 富贵包fù guì bāodowager's hump
• 富贵病fù guì bìngrich person's ailment (needing expensive treatment and long recuperation)
• 富贵角Fù guì jiǎoCape Fukuei, the northernmost point of Taiwan Island
• 黑命贵Hēi mìng guìBlack Lives Matter (social movement)
• 以和为贵yǐ hé wéi guìharmony is to be prized
• 兵贵神速bīng guì shén sùlit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom); fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)

Characters that look like 贵

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

• 责zéduty; responsibility; to reproach
• 素sùraw silk; white; plain, unadorned
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 贪tānto have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy
• 晋jìnto move forward; to promote; to advance
• 贲bēnenergetic

Sounds the same

Read guì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 柜cupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 跪to kneel
• 桂cassia; laurel
• 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)