高貴

See also: 高贵

Chinese

high; tall
 
expensive; noble; your (name)
expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (高貴)
simp. (高贵)

Pronunciation


Adjective

高貴

  1. privileged; elitist
  2. precious; rare; valuable
  3. noble; lofty
    男尊女卑封建社會遺留下來思想觀念錯誤認為男人女人高貴 [MSC, trad.]
    男尊女卑封建社会遗留下来思想观念错误认为男人女人高贵 [MSC, simp.]
    Nánzūnnǚbēi shì fēngjiànshèhuì yíliú xiàlái de sīxiǎng guānniàn, tā cuòwù de rènwèi nánrén bǐ nǚrén gāoguì. [Pinyin]
    The ideology of male domination and female subordination is handed down from feudal society and wrongly holds that males are nobler than females.

Synonyms

  • (privileged):
  • (precious):
  • (lofty):

Derived terms

  • 高貴不貴高贵不贵
  • 高貴優雅高贵优雅
  • 高貴林高贵林 (Gāoguìlín)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (高貴):
  • Japanese: (こう)() (kōki)
  • Vietnamese: cao quý (高貴)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2

Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 高貴 (*kaw *kjwɨjH). Compare modern Mandarin 高貴高贵 (gāoguì).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(こう)() • (kōki) かうき (kauki)?-na (adnominal (こう)() (kōki na), adverbial (こう)() (kōki ni))

  1. noble; of noble birth; high-born
  2. noble of bearing, refined, graceful
  3. highly valuable, precious

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

(こう)() • (kōki) かうき (kauki)?

  1. nobleness of birth
  2. nobleness of bearing
  3. high value

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of nobleness of birth): 下賎(げせん) (gesen): lowness of birth

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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