HSK 6 · Society

贵族 guìzú “noble” in Chinese

Traditional 貴族

What 贵族 means

  1. noble
  2. aristocrat
  3. aristocracy
  4. lord
  5. nobility
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • nobleman
  • noblewoman

How to say 贵族

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale贵guì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale族zú2nd tone, rising

贵族 in a sentence

  1. 贵族住在故宫的东边和西边。

    Guìzú zhù zài gùgōng de dōngbian hé xībian.

    The nobility lived to the east and west of the imperial palace.

    Sentence #747889 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 总体来说，贵族受到税收的影响微乎其微。

    Zǒngtǐ lái shuō, guìzú shòudào shuìshōu de yǐngxiǎng wēihūqíwēi.

    Generally speaking, the nobility were barely affected by taxes.

    Sentence #13890569 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 贵族 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
The character 族 (zú) drawn as one shape
族zúrace

族 is a single shape of 11 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 贵族

贵 9 strokes · 族 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 贵族

Words with 贵

贵guì · expensive宝贵bǎoguì · valuable珍贵zhēnguì · precious昂贵ángguì · expensive难能可贵nánnéngkěguì · rare and commendable

Words with 族

民族mínzú · nationality种族zhǒngzú · race

More words: Society & Law

勾结gōujié · to collude with官方guānfāng · official管辖guǎnxiá · to have jurisdiction over规章guīzhāng · rules国防guófáng · national defence国务院guówùyuàn · State Council (of China)号召hàozhào · to call on和解héjiě · to reconcile

FAQs

贵族 (guìzú) means “noble” or “aristocrat”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guìzú: guì with a 4th tone, then zú with a 2nd 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, 贵族 is written 貴族. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guizu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 贵族 from the suggestions. Typing guizu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
贵族 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.