HSK 6 · Money

昂贵 ángguì “expensive” in Chinese

Traditional 昂貴

What 昂贵 means

  1. expensive
  2. costly

How to say 昂贵

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale昂áng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale贵guì4th tone, falling

昂贵 in a sentence

  1. 她总是买昂贵的衣服。

    Tā zǒngshì mǎi ángguì de yīfu.

    She always buys expensive clothes.

    Sentence #845968 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 那条裙子看起来很昂贵。

    Nà tiáo qúnzi kànqǐlai hěn ángguì.

    That dress looks very expensive.

    Sentence #385588 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 如今肉类价格昂贵。

    Rújīn ròulèi jiàgé ángguì.

    Meat is expensive nowadays.

    Sentence #13549533 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 昂贵 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 昂 (áng) with each of its parts in a different colour
昂ángto lift
  • 日sun · rìMeaning part
  • 卬lofty · ángSound part

日 hints at the meaning (sun); 卬 (áng) hints at the sound. Compare it with áng.

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 昂贵

昂 8 strokes · 贵 9 strokes

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

Words related to 昂贵

Words with 贵

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

More words: Money & Economy

挣zhèng · to earn (money)支票zhīpiào · cheque资金zījīn · funds资源zīyuán · resources本钱běnqián · capital博览会bólǎnhuì · exhibition补偿bǔcháng · to compensate补贴bǔtiē · subsidy

FAQs

昂贵 (ángguì) means “expensive” or “costly”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it ángguì: áng with a 2nd tone, then 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, 昂贵 is written 昂貴. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type anggui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 昂贵 from the suggestions. Typing anggui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
昂贵 is an HSK 6 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.