貴賤

See also: 貴賎 and 贵贱

Chinese

		expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious	inexpensive; lowly
trad. (貴賤)		貴	賤
simp. (贵贱)		贵	贱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guìjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kui-chhien
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kùi-chiān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guìjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: gwèi-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyjiann
    • Palladius: гуйцзянь (gujczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kui-chhien
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui qien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui⁴ qian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵ t͡sʰi̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-chiān
    • Tâi-lô: kuì-tsiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuiecien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɛn³³/

Noun

貴賤

1. (formal) superiority and inferiority (i.e. aristocrat or plebeian, rich or poor, etc.); social status

   人人平等，沒有什麼高低貴賤之分。 [MSC, trad.]
   人人平等，没有什么高低贵贱之分。 [MSC, simp.]

   Rénrén píngděng, méiyǒu shénme gāodī guìjiàn zhī fēn. [Pinyin]

   Everyone is equal — there is no such thing as superiority or inferiority of social status.

2. (formal) value of something (i.e. precious or cheap)

Synonyms

• (superiority and inferiority): 高低 (gāodī)

Conjunction

貴賤

1. (colloquial) in any case; regardless; in any event; anyway; anyhow

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貴	賤
き Grade: 6	せん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
貴賎

Etymology

From 貴 (ki, "valuable", "superior") + 賤 (sen, "valueless", "inferior").

Noun

貴(き)賤(せん) • (kisen) 

1. valuable and valueless
2. high-ranking and low-ranking; superiority and inferiority
   1. noble and plebeian

Related terms

• 上下(じょうげ) (jōge)
• 高低(こうてい) (kōtei)
• 高卑(こうひ) (kōhi)
• (valuable and valueless): 軽重(けいちょう) (keichō)