貴 (gwai3) — a Chinese family name in Cantonese

gwai˗₃貴

简贵

Mandarin Pinyin: gui4

Meaning of 貴

nouna Chinese family name

nounexpensive; costly; valuable; high-priced

nounhigh-placed; high-ranking; honorable; distinguished

nounesteem; treat with respect

nountreasure; value highly; prize

nouna polite expression referring to another person; you; your

nounvaluable; precious

nounshort for Kweichow province

noun(adjective) 1. important; 2. valuable; (formal polite expression) 3. Yours

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Example Sentences with 貴

呢個價錢貴過平時嘅。

This price is higher than normal.

你覺得自己好矜貴啊？

You really think highly of yourself, don't you?

poˎ₄婆po2，婆，neiˏ₅你gamˉ¹今ninˊ²年gwai˗₃貴gangˉ¹庚aa3?呀?

Po Po (an elderly woman), how old are you?

gam1lin4今hok6fai3年gwai3-gwo3學gau6lin4費貴過舊年

This year's tuition fees are more than last year's.

niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有geiˉ¹機sikˍ₆食matˍ₆物gwai3.貴。

Organic food here is expensive.

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Words Containing 貴

富貴fu3 gwai3

wealth and rank; riches and honour; wealth and status

貴族gwai3 zuk6

nobility; aristocracy; noblemen; noblewomen; aristocrats; the upper class; the ruling class; noble

兵貴神速bing1 gwai3 san4 cuk1

speed is precious in war

貴妃雞gwai3 fei1 gai1

poached marinated chicken

嬌貴giu1 gwai3

1. over-protected and spoiled 2. delicate

早生貴子zou2 sang1 gwai3 zi2

hope you have a son soon, often said to newly-weds wishing that they give birth to a son soon.

嫌米貴jim4 mai5 gwai3

dead (an attempt to be funny as it says the person dislikes expensive rice)

昂貴ngong4 gwai3

expensive, costly

大富大貴daai6 fu3 daai6 gwai3

very wealthy; very rich

貴細gwai3 sai3

fragile, refined, "tender and expensive"

權貴kyun4 gwai3

influential officials; bigwigs

貴族身份gwai3 zuk6 san1 fan2

lordship

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