guì in a sentence

Expensive (honorable)

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 12 sentences

贵 (guì) means Expensive (honorable). Below are 12 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

姓?

Nín guìxìng?

May I ask your surname?

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

这件衣服太 了。

Zhè jiàn yīfu tài guì le.

This piece of clothing is too expensive.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

时间很宝

Shíjiān hěn bǎoguì.

Time is precious.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 宝贵

这双皮鞋有点儿

Zhè shuāng píxié yǒudiǎnr guì.

This pair of leather shoes is a bit expensive.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 皮鞋

房子的价格非常昂

Fángzi de jiàgé fēicháng ángguì.

The price of the house is very expensive.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 昂贵

这个菜很 ,但是很好吃。

Zhège cài hěn guì, dànshì hěn hǎochī.

This dish is expensive, but it's delicious.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 但是

From the graded readers

我说:“太 了。”

wǒ shuō:" tài guì le / liǎo / liào."

I said, "That's too expensive."

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping

价格也不 ,只要三百块。

jiàgé yěbù guì, zhǐyào sānbǎi kuài.

It wasn't expensive either — only three hundred yuan.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online

From the travel phrasebook

了!

Tài guì le!

That's too expensive!

Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining

From the grammar library

这条裤子很

Zhè tiáo kùzi hěn guì.

These trousers are expensive.

Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25

这个有点儿

Zhège yǒudiǎnr guì.

This is a bit expensive.

Grammar library · HSK 3 · 一点儿 vs 有点儿

这个比那个 得多。

Zhège bǐ nàge guì de duō.

This one is much more expensive than that one.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 比 comparisons

Words that contain 贵

Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.

Questions about 贵

How is 贵 used in a sentence?

This page shows 12 sentences using 贵 (guì, "Expensive (honorable)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 贵 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 贵 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 贵 an HSK word?

Yes — 贵 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 贵?

The dictionary page for 贵 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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