guì = gu + ei4
expensive / noble / precious / (honorific) your
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How to pronounce 贵

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= gu initial

Gu is for Gitta Giraffe.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ei4 final

In the Eiffel Tower’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago

贵 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
China / Chinese / surname Zhong
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within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
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to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
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= y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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bèi = b + ei4
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)
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Characters with 贵 as component

kuì = ku + ei4
to lack / lacking / empty / exhausted
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kuì = ku + ei4
basket for carrying soil
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kuì = ku + ei4
confused / troubled
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Words with 贵

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lord / nobility / nobleman / noblewoman / aristocrat / aristocracy
precious
valuable / precious / to value / to treasure / to set store by

Sentences with 贵

贵 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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guì

expensive / noble / precious / (honorific) your

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Prompt snippets

The treasure chest is a opulent, heavy iron-bound oak treasure chest with a heavy, tarnished brass skull-shaped keyhole plate, its slightly curved lid ajar, casting a warm, pulsating golden light from within. A glimmering glimpse reveals a rich hoard of ancient, irregular gold doubloons, ruby-encrusted necklaces, silver chalices, and scattered, uncut emeralds, all partially submerged in silk velvet remnants, casting an inviting sheen across the dark, weathered wood.