貴方

See also: 贵方

Chinese

		expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
trad. (貴方)		貴	方
simp. (贵方)		贵	方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guìfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ fong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guìfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèifang
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-fang¹
    • Yale: gwèi-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyfang
    • Palladius: гуйфан (gujfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ fong¹
    • Yale: gwai fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Pronoun

貴方

1. (formal) generic second person pronoun, often used in letters

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
貴	方
あなた
Grade: 6	Grade: 2
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 貴方 – see the following entry.

【あなた】 [pronoun] 貴方, 貴女, 貴男: you (second-person pronoun) [pronoun] 貴方: (women's speech) dear, darling, sweetheart (term used by a wife to address her husband) [pronoun] 貴方, 彼方: (uncommon) that person (far from both speaker and listener) Alternative spellings 貴女, 貴男, 彼方

(This term, 貴方, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
貴	方
き Grade: 6	ほう Grade: 2
on’yomi

/kipau/ → /kifau/ → /kifɔː/ → /kihoː/

From Middle Chinese 貴方 (MC kjw+jH pjang, “noble, superior + side, place, direction”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きほ​ー [kìhóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) き​ほー [kíꜜhòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiho̞ː]

Pronoun

貴(き)方(ほう) • (kihō) ^{←きはう (kifau)?}

1. (respectful) your house, your residence
2. (respectful, men's speech) you (used to address someone of equal social footing)

Synonyms

• 貴(き)公(こう) (kikō)
• 貴(き)殿(でん) (kiden)
• 貴(き)君(くん) (kikun)