Usage of the character 貴
guì
贵
[貴]
- expensive
- (bound form) highly valued; precious
- (bound form) noble; of high rank
- (prefix) (honorific) your
Guìzhōu
贵州
[貴州]
- Guizhou province (Kweichow) in south central China, abbr. to 黔 ( Qián) or 貴／贵 ( Guì), capital Guiyang 貴陽／贵阳 ( Guìyáng)
guìgēng
贵庚
[貴庚]
- your age (honorific)
guìxìng
贵姓
[貴姓]
- what is your surname?
- (May I ask) your surname?
jīnguì
矜贵
[矜貴]
- high-born
- noble
- aristocratic
- conceited
guìxiào
贵校
[貴校]
- (honorific) your school
guìrén
贵人
[貴人]
- nobility
- person of high rank
guìyàng
贵恙
[貴恙]
- (courteous) your illness
guìzhòng
贵重
[貴重]
- precious
Guìyáng
贵阳
[貴陽]
- Guiyang prefecture-level city and capital of Guizhou province 貴州／贵州 ( Guìzhōu), short name 筑 ( Zhù)
guìsī
贵司
[貴司]
- (courteous) your company
guìfù
贵妇
[貴婦]
- upper-class woman
- lady (old)
guìzhòu
贵胄
[貴胄]
- descendants of feudal aristocrats
xiǎnguì
显贵
[顯貴]
- dignitary
- distinguished person
- royalty
- nobleman
- big shot
gāoguì
高贵
[高貴]
- grandeur
- noble
míngguì
名贵
[名貴]
- famous and valuable
- rare
- precious
zūnguì
尊贵
[尊貴]
- respected
- respectable
- honorable
zhēnguì
珍贵
[珍貴]
- precious
Guìdé
贵德
[貴德]
- Guide county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州 ( Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu), Qinghai
guìfāng
贵方
[貴方]
- (in business etc) your side
- you
Guìgǎng
贵港
[貴港]
- Guigang prefecture-level city in Guangxi
guìgàn
贵干
[貴幹]
- (polite) your business
- what brings you?
Guìnán
贵南
[貴南]
- Guinan county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州 ( Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu), Qinghai
bǎoguì
宝贵
[寶貴]
- valuable
- precious
- to value
- to treasure
- to set store by
guìjiàn
贵贱
[貴賤]
- noble and lowly
- high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
Guìdìng
贵定
[貴定]
- Guiding county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州 ( Qiánnánzhōu), Guizhou
guìfēi
贵妃
[貴妃]
- senior concubine
- imperial consort
Guìxī
贵溪
[貴溪]
- Guixi, county-level city in Yingtan 鷹潭／鹰潭, Jiangxi
guìbīn
贵宾
[貴賓]
- honored guest
- distinguished guest
- VIP
ángguì
昂贵
[昂貴]
- expensive
- costly
Guìchí
贵池
[貴池]
- Guichi, a district of Chizhou City 池州市 ( Chizhóu Shì), Anhui
kěguì
可贵
[可貴]
- to be treasured
- praiseworthy
fùguì
富贵
[富貴]
- riches and honor
quánguì
权贵
[權貴]
- influential officials
- bigwigs
guìguó
贵国
[貴國]
- your distinguished country
huáguì
华贵
[華貴]
- sumptuous
- luxurious
jiāoguì
娇贵
[嬌貴]
- pampered
- fragile
- finicky
guìfǔ
贵府
[貴府]
- your home (honorific)
guìzú
贵族
[貴族]
- lord
- nobility
- nobleman
- noblewoman
- aristocrat
- aristocracy
xīnguì
新贵
[新貴]
- nouveau riche
- upstart
- new appointee
Yáng Guìfēi
杨贵妃
[楊貴妃]
- Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗 ( Táng Xuánzōng)
guìfùquǎn
贵妇犬
[貴婦犬]
- poodle
Fùguìjiǎo
富贵角
[富貴角]
- Cape Fukuei, the northernmost point of Taiwan Island
Guìchí Qū
贵池区
[貴池區]
- Guichi, a district of Chizhou City 池州市 ( Chizhóu Shì), Anhui
guìbīnquǎn
贵宾犬
[貴賓犬]
- poodle
guìfēichuáng
贵妃床
[貴妃床]
- chaise longue
Guìdéxiàn
贵德县
[貴德縣]
- Guide county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州 ( Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu), Qinghai
Guìdìngxiàn
贵定县
[貴定縣]
- Guiding county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州 ( Qiánnánzhōu), Guizhou
Guìxīshì
贵溪市
[貴溪市]
- Guixi, county-level city in Yingtan 鷹潭／鹰潭, Jiangxi
guìgōngsī
贵公司
[貴公司]
- your company
fùguìzhú
富贵竹
[富貴竹]
- lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
Guìzhōushěng
贵州省
[貴州省]
- Guizhou province (Kweichow) in south central China, abbr. to 黔 ( Qián) or 貴／贵 ( Guì), capital Guiyang 貴陽／贵阳 ( Guìyáng)
Guìgǎngshì
贵港市
[貴港市]
- Guigang prefecture-level city in Guangxi
Hēimìngguì
黑命贵
[黑命貴]
- Black Lives Matter (social movement)
fùguìbāo
富贵包
[富貴包]
- dowager's hump
guìbīnshì
贵宾室
[貴賓室]
- VIP lounge
Yún Guì Chuān
云贵川
[雲貴川]
- Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan
guìfùrén
贵妇人
[貴婦人]
- dame
Guìgéhuì
贵格会
[貴格會]
- Society of Friends
- the Quakers
gāoguìjī
高贵鸡
[高貴雞]
- (Tw) (slang) snobbish, pretentious gay person
Guìyáng Shì
贵阳市
[貴陽市]
- Guiyang prefecture-level city and capital of Guizhou province 貴州／贵州 ( Guìzhōu)
guìjīnshǔ
贵金属
[貴金屬]
- precious metal
Liú Guìjīn
刘贵今
[劉貴今]
- Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue
fùguìbìng
富贵病
[富貴病]
- rich person's ailment (needing expensive treatment and long recuperation)
Xuē Rénguì
薛仁贵
[薛仁貴]
- Xue Rengui (614-683) great Tang dynasty general
guìshānhú
贵珊瑚
[貴珊瑚]
- precious coral
- red coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral)
guìzúhuà
贵族化
[貴族化]
- gentrification
- aristocratic; upper-class
Guìnánxiàn
贵南县
[貴南縣]
- Guinan county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州 ( Hǎinán Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu), Qinghai
yǐhéwéiguì
以和为贵
[以和為貴]
- harmony is to be prized
zǎoshēngguìzǐ
早生贵子
[早生貴子]
- give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds)
mízúzhēnguì
弥足珍贵
[彌足珍貴]
- extremely precious
- valuable
Guìfēi Zuìjiǔ
贵妃醉酒
[貴妃醉酒]
- The Drunken Beauty, Qing Dynasty Beijing opera
guìgǔjiànjīn
贵古贱今
[貴古賤今]
- to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
guìrénduōwàng
贵人多忘
[貴人多忘]
- an eminent person has short memory (idiom)
guìzúshēnfèn
贵族身份
[貴族身份]
- lordship
gāotáiguìshǒu
高抬贵手
[高抬貴手]
- to be generous (idiom)
- to be magnanimous
- Give me a break!
guìquānzhēnluàn
贵圈真乱
[貴圈真亂]
- (slang, jocular, neologism c. 2006, used esp. in relation to public figures) the things you and your friends get up to (misbehavior, scandals etc) leave me shaking my head
Luòyángzhǐguì
洛阳纸贵
[洛陽紙貴]
- lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
- fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
guìzúshèhuì
贵族社会
[貴族社會]
- aristocracy
guìyuǎnjiànjìn
贵远贱近
[貴遠賤近]
- to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
pānfùquánguì
攀附权贵
[攀附權貴]
- to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
huángyánguìzhòu
黄炎贵胄
[黃炎貴胄]
- honorable Chinese nationals (idiom)
dàfùdàguì
大富大贵
[大富大貴]
- very rich
- millionaire
fùguìshòukǎo
富贵寿考
[富貴壽考]
- rank, wealth, and long life
Déguìlìlèi
德贵丽类
[德貴麗類]
- daiquirí
qīnshūguìjiàn
亲疏贵贱
[親疏貴賤]
- close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone
- all possible relations
rónghuáfùguì
荣华富贵
[榮華富貴]
- glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
dānshēnguìzú
单身贵族
[單身貴族]
- fig. unmarried person
- single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)
zūnshīguìdào
尊师贵道
[尊師貴道]
- to revere the master and his teaching
bīngguìshénsù
兵贵神速
[兵貴神速]
- lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom)
- fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)
fēifùzéguì
非富则贵
[非富則貴]
- see 非富即貴／非富即贵 (fēifùjíguì)
fēifùjíguì
非富即贵
[非富即貴]
- wealthy and respectable people
yǒuhéguìgàn
有何贵干
[有何貴幹]
- What (noble errand) brings you here?
- May I help you?
- What can I do for you?
yūzūn-jiàngguì
纡尊降贵
[紆尊降貴]
- (idiom) to show deference to sb of lower status; to condescend; to deign
dáguānguìrén
达官贵人
[達官貴人]
- high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good
nánnéngkěguì
难能可贵
[難能可貴]
- rare and precious
- valuable
- remarkable
chángmìngfùguì
长命富贵
[長命富貴]
- We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)
pāngāojiéguì
攀高结贵
[攀高結貴]
- lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful
- social climbing
Yún Guìgāoyuán
云贵高原
[雲貴高原]
- Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan
fùguìbùnéngyín
富贵不能淫
[富貴不能淫]
- not corrupted by wealth and honors
guìrénduōwàngshì
贵人多忘事
[貴人多忘事]
- see 貴人多忘／贵人多忘 (guìrénduōwàng)
Guìyáng Yī Xuéyuàn
贵阳医学院
[貴陽醫學院]
- Guiyang Medical University
wùyǐxīwéiguì
物以稀为贵
[物以稀為貴]
- the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
Guìzhōu Cáijīng Xuéyuàn
贵州财经学院
[貴州財經學院]
- Guizhou University of Finance and Economics
gǒufùguì,wùxiāngwàng
苟富贵，勿相忘
[苟富貴，勿相忘]
- don't forget your friends when you become rich
bùdāngjiābùzhīcháimǐguì
不当家不知柴米贵
[不當家不知柴米貴]
- a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)