可貴

See also: 可贵

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (可貴)		可	貴
simp. (可贵)		可	贵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² gwai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khó-kui
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khóⁿ-kùi / khó-kùi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khu-kue; ⁵khu-kue

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěguèi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-kuei⁴
    • Yale: kě-gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeguey
    • Palladius: кэгуй (kɛguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² gwai³
    • Yale: hó gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ kʷɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-kui
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko` gui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ko³ gui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ ku̯i⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-kùi
    • Tâi-lô: khónn-kuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvofkuix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-kùi
    • Tâi-lô: khó-kuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoy'kuix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kui²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹khu-kue; ⁵khu-kue
    • MiniDict: khu^平 kue; khu^去 kue
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khu-kue; ²khu-kue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu⁵⁵ kue²¹/, /kʰu³³ kue⁴⁴/

Adjective

可貴

1. valuable; treasured; precious; praiseworthy

Synonyms

• 值銅鈿／值铜钿 (⁸zeq ⁶don-di) (Wu)
• 值錢／值钱 (zhíqián)
• 名貴／名贵 (míngguì)
• 寶貴／宝贵 (bǎoguì)
• 抵錢／抵钱 (dai² cin^4-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Xiang)
• 有價值／有价值 (yǒujiàzhí)
• 珍奇 (zhēnqí)
• 珍貴／珍贵 (zhēnguì)
• 甘貴／甘贵 (gan¹ guei⁴) (Xiang)
• 矜貴／矜贵 (jīnguì) (literary)
• 貴重／贵重 (guìzhòng)
• 金貴／金贵 (jīnguì)
• 高貴／高贵 (gāoguì)

 

Derived terms

• 難能可貴／难能可贵 (nánnéngkěguì)