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CHINESE CHARACTER

guì

贵

贵

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costly

Numbered pinyin
gui4
English meanings
expensive, costly, highly valued

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top (Top–bottom arrangement: top 中; bottom 一.); bottom 贝.

  • Top

    ⿱
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    • Top

      中
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    • Bottom

      一
  • Bottom

    贝
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Meaning & sound clues

贝 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “money”.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱⿱中一贝

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhè这gè个bāo包tài太guì贵le了。

    This bag is too expensive.

  2. 02

    zhèlǐ这里de的cài菜yǒu有diǎn点guì贵。

    The food here is a bit pricey.

  3. 03

    mǎi买guì贵de的bùrú不如mǎi买duì对de的。

    Better to buy what's right than what's expensive.

  4. 04

    zhè这jiā家diàn店de的dōngxi东西bù不guì贵。

    Things at this shop aren't expensive.

  5. 05

    guì贵de的dōngxi东西bùyīdìng不一定hǎo好。

    Expensive things aren't necessarily good.

  6. 06

    jīpiào机票guì贵bù不guì贵?

    Is the air ticket expensive?

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 可贵
  • 名贵
  • 宝贵
  • 尊贵
  • 昂贵
  • 珍贵
  • 贵宾
  • 贵族
  • 贵重
  • 高贵