貴利

Chinese

		expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
trad. (貴利)		貴	利
simp. (贵利)		贵	利
Literally: “expensive interest”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ lei^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ lei^6-2
    • Yale: gwai léi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ lei^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ léi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ lei̯²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

貴利

1. (Cantonese) usury; high-interest loan

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 高利貸 (“usury; high-interest loan”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		高利貸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	高利貸
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	高利貸
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	花利
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貴利
	Hong Kong	貴利
	Kaiping (Chikan)	貴利
	Dongguan	貴利
Hakka	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	高利貸
Southern Min	Xiamen	王爺債
	Quanzhou	王爺債
	Zhao'an	高利, 高利貸
	Tainan	王爺債
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	高利貸
Wu	Hangzhou	高利貸