HSK 2 · Adjectives

贵 guì “expensive” in Chinese

Traditional 貴

What 贵 means

  1. expensive
  2. (bound form) highly valued
  3. precious
  4. (bound form) noble
  5. of high rank
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (prefix) (honorific) your
  • short name for Guizhou 贵州

How to say 贵

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale贵guì4th tone, falling

贵 in a sentence

  1. 你的手表比我的贵。

    Nǐ de shǒubiǎo bǐ wǒ de guì.

    Your watch is more expensive than mine.

    Sentence #481172 from Tatoeba

  2. 这么贵！能便宜些吗？

    Zhème guì! Néng piányi xiē ma?

    That’s so expensive! Can you make it cheaper?

    Sentence #420706 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 火车票贵吗？

    Huǒchēpiào guì ma?

    Are train tickets expensive?

    Sentence #2202352 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 贵 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 贵 (guì) with each of its parts in a different colour
贵guìexpensive
  • 中central · zhōng
  • 一one · yī
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

How to write 贵

贵 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

贵 (guì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 贵 (guì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 贵

Words with 贵

宝贵bǎoguì · valuable珍贵zhēnguì · precious昂贵ángguì · expensive贵族guìzú · noble难能可贵nánnéngkěguì · rare and commendable

More words: Adjectives

长cháng · long高gāo · tall远yuǎn · far近jìn · near便宜piányi · cheap黑hēi · black白bái · white红hóng · red

FAQs

贵 (guì) means “expensive” or “(bound form) highly valued”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it guì: guì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 贵 is written 貴. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 贵 from the suggestions. Typing gui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
贵 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.