權貴

Chinese

		authority; power; right	expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (權貴)		權	貴
simp. (权贵)		权	贵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quánguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyun⁴ gwai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koân-kùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quánguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuánguèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-kuei⁴
    • Yale: chywán-gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanguey
    • Palladius: цюаньгуй (cjuanʹguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyun⁴ gwai³
    • Yale: kyùhn gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴ gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴ guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹ kʷɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koân-kùi
    • Tâi-lô: kuân-kuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koankuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²⁴⁻²² kui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan²⁴⁻²² kui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan¹³⁻²² kui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan²⁴⁻¹¹ kui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²³⁻³³ kui²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjwen kjw+jH

Rime
Character	權	貴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨員切	居胃切
Baxter	gjwen	kjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuᴇn/	/kʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚiɛn/	/kʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuæn/	/kiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwian/	/kujH/
Li Rong	/ɡjuɛn/	/kiuəiH/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɛn/	/kĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯wɛn/	/kwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quán	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kyun4	gwai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷrar  kuj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡron  kluds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	權	貴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	quán	guì
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwen ›	‹ kjw+jH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ʷrar/	/*kuj-s/
English	weight of a steelyard	precious; expensive
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	權	貴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4496	4747
Phonetic component	雚	貴
Rime group	元	隊
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	權	貴
Old Chinese	/*ɡron/	/*kluds/
Notes		從蕢之古文臾得聲

Noun

權貴

1. influential officials; bigwigs

Derived terms

• 權貴資本主義／权贵资本主义 (quánguì zīběnzhǔyì)
• 權貴顯要／权贵显要

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (權貴):

• → Korean: 권귀(權貴) (gwon'gwi)
• → Vietnamese: quyền quý (權貴)