可貴

See also: 可贵

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (可貴)		可	貴
simp. (可贵)		可	贵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěguì

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² gwai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khó-kui
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khóⁿ-kùi / khó-kùi
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹khu-kue; ⁵khu-kue

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kěguì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kěguèi
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo³-kuei⁴
  - Yale: kě-gwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keeguey
  - Palladius: кэгуй (kɛguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho² gwai³
  - Yale: hó gwai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho² gwai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho² guei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ kʷɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-kui
  - Hakka Romanization System: ko` gui
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ko³ gui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ ku̯i⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-kùi
  - Tâi-lô: khónn-kuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvofkuix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-kùi
  - Tâi-lô: khó-kuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoy'kuix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kui²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui¹¹/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹khu-kue; ⁵khu-kue
  - MiniDict: khu^平 kue; khu^去 kue
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khu-kue; ²khu-kue
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu⁵⁵ kue²¹/, /kʰu³³ kue⁴⁴/

Adjective

可貴

valuable; treasured; precious; praiseworthy

Synonyms

值銅鈿／值铜钿 (⁸zeq ⁶don-di) (Wu)
值錢／值钱 (zhíqián)
名貴／名贵 (míngguì)
寶貴／宝贵 (bǎoguì)
抵錢／抵钱 (dai² cin^4-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Xiang)
有價值／有价值 (yǒujiàzhí)
珍奇 (zhēnqí)
珍貴／珍贵 (zhēnguì)
甘貴／甘贵 (gan¹ guei⁴) (Xiang)
矜貴／矜贵 (jīnguì) (literary)
貴重／贵重 (guìzhòng)
金貴／金贵 (jīnguì)
高貴／高贵 (gāoguì)

Derived terms

難能可貴／难能可贵 (nánnéngkěguì)

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