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贵
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Definitions
- 1. expensive
- 2. noble
- 3. precious
- 4. (honorific) your
Example Sentences
1 shown“您 贵 姓?” “免 贵 姓单。”
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 贵
aristocracy
Guichi district of Chizhou city 池州市[chí zhōu shì], Anhui
Guixi, county-level city in Yingtan 鷹潭|鹰潭, Jiangxi
lordship
descendants of feudal aristocrats
Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue
poodle
Guizhou University of Finance and Economics
respected
daiquirí
precious coral
Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan
precious
Guichi district of Chizhou city 池州市[chí zhōu shì], Anhui
Cape Fukuei, the northernmost point of Taiwan Island
(in business etc) your side
gentrification
give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds)
to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
dame
to revere the master and his teaching
lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom)
not corrupted by wealth and honors
nouveau riche
lord
What (noble errand) brings you here?
Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan
Guide county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[hǎi nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
valuable
honored guest
Guigang prefecture-level city in Guangxi
Guide county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[hǎi nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[táng xuán zōng]
your school (honorific)
Guinan county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[hǎi nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
don't forget your friends when you become rich
wealthy and respectable people
famous and valuable
lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful
Society of Friends
senior concubine
the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
Xue Rengui (614-683) great Tang dynasty general
We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)
to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
precious
an eminent person has short memory (idiom)
harmony is to be prized
precious metal
The Drunken Beauty, Qing Dynasty Beijing opera
influential officials
high-born
Guigang prefecture-level city in Guangxi
(courteous) your illness
dowager's hump
Black Lives Matter (social movement)
see 貴人多忘|贵人多忘[guì rén duō wàng]
expensive
your home (honorific)
pampered
your distinguished country
nobility
rare and precious
Guixi, county-level city in Yingtan 鷹潭|鹰潭, Jiangxi
see 非富即貴|非富即贵[fēi fù jí guì]
Guiyang prefecture-level city and capital of Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[guì zhōu], short name 筑[zhù]
to be generous (idiom)
Guiding county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[qián nán zhōu], Guizhou
upper-class woman
your company (polite)
poodle
high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good
rich person's ailment (needing expensive treatment and long recuperation)
VIP lounge
(polite) your business
lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
rank, wealth, and long life
very rich
to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
extremely precious
dignitary
(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
honorable Chinese nationals (idiom)
close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone
Guiyang prefecture-level city and capital of Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[guì zhōu]
lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
your company
Guiyang Medical University
riches and honor
noble and lowly
chaise longue
grandeur
Guiding county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[qián nán zhōu], Guizhou
Guinan county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[hǎi nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
fig. unmarried person
sumptuous
your age (honorific)
to be treasured