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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

贵 [guì]

1. adjective [指价格] expensive
2. adjective [值得珍视] valuable

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

贵 [guì]

1. adjective expensive; costly; dear

我买贵了。

I paid too much for it.

丝绸比棉布贵。

Silk is more expensive than cotton.

这本书不贵。

This book is not expensive.
2. adjective highly valued; valuable

兵贵精，不贵多。

Troops are valued for their quality, not their number.
3. adjective of high rank; noble

贵妇人

a noble lady
4. adjective [Honorific] your

这位兄弟，请问您贵庚？

您贵姓？

May I ask your name? or What's your name, please?

贵国

your country

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

贵 [guì]

1. 形价格或价值高

价钱太贵

昂贵
2. 形社会地位高

贵族

贵宾

富贵
3. 形值得珍视或珍爱的

和为贵

宝贵

名贵
4. 动以……为可贵

人贵有自知之明

体育锻炼，贵在坚持
5. 形敬词，用于称与对方有关的事物

贵姓

贵校

贵处
6. 名贵州的简称

云贵高原

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Examples

嗬，怎么这么贵！: Wow, how expensive!
那东西相当贵，没个千儿八百是买不回来的。: It's quite expensive. You can't buy it for less than a thousand.
这东西一定得买，价钱贵一点我也认了。: I simply must buy it, even if I have to pay a little more for it.
友谊贵于黄金。: Friendship is more precious than gold.
那个不怎么贵。: That's not very expensive.
这么贵的商品，岂知质量竟然这么不好？: How could I have known that such an expensive commodity was of such poor quality?
哎！这么贵！: Oh! It's so expensive!
伦敦的房价贵得很。: House prices in London are very high.
这东西贵就贵吧，我认了。: Never mind the expense – I can take it.; 27 more results

Character Decomposition

中 [zhòng]	+	一 [yī]	+	贝 [bèi]

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Total Strokes: 9

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昂贵 and 贵

昂贵 and 贵
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贵。

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. 贵在坚持; it can be used as "a term of respect", e.g. 您贵姓? 贵国 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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