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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

昂贵 [ángguì]
  1. 1. adjective expensive; costly
    价格昂贵
    be high-priced
    昂贵的首饰
    costly jewels

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

昂贵 [ángguì]
  1. 1. 价格很高
    这里是市中心,地皮昂贵
    为了事业,他付出了昂贵的代价。

Examples

昂贵的首饰
costly jewels
用宝珠串成的项链价值昂贵
Necklaces made of treasure beads are very expensive.
这件橙红的皮大衣价格昂贵
The orange-red fur coat is expensive.
这支红参是给他补身子用的,很昂贵呢。
The ginseng is used to recover his health. It is very expensive.
这条围巾是精纺品,所以价格昂贵
This scarf is of good quality, so it is very expensive.
这个球台是进口的,很昂贵
The pool table is imported, it's expensive.
昂贵的房价使很多购房者不得不缩衣节食。
The sky-high price of houses forced many buyers to stint on food and clothes.
昂贵的价格
high price
昂贵

Collocations

昂贵的代价
high costs
昂贵得多
much more expensive
昂贵的衣服
expensive clothing
非常昂贵
very expensive
物价昂贵
high price

Word Decomposition


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nciku Note

昂贵 and 贵

昂贵 and
ángguì and guì

Both adjectives mean “of a high price or value ". The former is more formal and can be used in an abstract sense, whereas the latter is more colloquial and refers to a concrete price.

1. When applied to merchandise, 昂贵 is used with 价格 while 贵 is usually used with 很. For example:
(1) 这场演唱会入场券的价格很昂贵
(2) 这场演唱会入场券的价格很

昂贵 is often applied to valuables, e.g. 昂贵的珠宝, 那件古董十分昂贵. etc., while 贵 is applied to all sorts of things - valuable or not.

2. 昂贵 is usually used in an abstract sense.
(1) 为了赢得这些客户,企业付出了昂贵的代价。

3. 贵 also has several other meaning and usage, e.g. 在坚持; it can be used as "a term of respect", e.g. 您姓? 国 etc.

这两个形容词都可表示价格、价值高。“昂贵”更加书面,可用于抽象意义,而“贵”比较口语化。
1.用于一般商品时,因为“昂贵”是双音节词,可直接与“价格”等搭配,“贵”则常和“很”等搭配。
“昂贵”常用于贵重物品,如“昂贵的珠宝”、“那件古董十分昂贵”等。“贵”则可用于多种物品。
2.用于抽象意义时,常用“昂贵”。
3.“贵”还有一些其他意义,表示可贵:“贵在坚持”等;还有用作敬语:“您贵姓?”和“贵国”等。

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