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貴

简贵 · 繁貴

Mandarin · pinyin guì#

expensive
(bound form) highly valued; precious
(bound form) noble; of high rank
(prefix) (honorific) your

Mandarin · pinyin Guì#

short name for Guizhou 貴州 Guì zhōu

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貴: Look up this written character
贵: guì · expensive, costly, valuable

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gwai3

Cantonese word readings for 貴. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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expensive; costly
precious; valuable
superior; noble
to regard as valuable; to highly value
(humble) your (to a deity, person or establishment)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 貴州／贵州 (Guìzhōu)
a surname

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