贵 (guì) means Expensive (honorable). Below are 24 of the 31 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
这件衣服太 贵 了。
Zhè jiàn yīfu tài guì le.
This piece of clothing is too expensive.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 贵
生命是最宝 贵 的。
Shēngmìng shì zuì bǎoguì de.
Life is the most precious thing.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 生命
这双皮鞋有点儿 贵 。
Zhè shuāng píxié yǒudiǎnr guì.
This pair of leather shoes is a bit expensive.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 皮鞋
谢谢你宝 贵 的意见。
Xièxie nǐ bǎoguì de yìjiàn.
Thank you for your valuable suggestion.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 宝贵
贵 的不见得就是好的。
Guì de bújiàndé jiù shì hǎo de.
Expensive is not necessarily good.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不见得
知识是最宝 贵 的财富。
Zhīshi shì zuì bǎoguì de cáifù.
Knowledge is the most precious wealth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 财富
诚实是最可 贵 的品质。
Chéngshí shì zuì kěguì de pǐnzhì.
Honesty is the most precious quality.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 品质
这是一份珍 贵 的礼物。
Zhè shì yí fèn zhēnguì de lǐwù.
This is a precious gift.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 珍贵
健康是最珍 贵 的财富。
Jiànkāng shì zuì zhēnguì de cáifù.
Health is the most precious wealth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 珍贵
价格 贵 一点，但更耐用。
Jiàgé guì yìdiǎn, dàn gèng nàiyòng.
It costs a little more but lasts longer.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 耐用
这个菜很 贵 ，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
雪中送炭比锦上添花更可 贵 。
Xuě zhōng sòng tàn bǐ jǐnshàngtiānhuā gèng kěguì.
Help in hard times is worth more than adding to what is already fine.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 锦上添花
这件衣服很好看，可是太 贵 了。
Zhè jiàn yīfu hěn hǎokàn, kěshì tài guì le.
This piece of clothing is nice, but too expensive.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 可是
市中心的房租一年比一年昂 贵 。
Shì zhōngxīn de fángzū yì nián bǐ yì nián ángguì.
Rent in the city centre gets more expensive year after year.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 昂贵
Reading these is one thing; producing 贵 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
我说：“太 贵 了。”
wǒ shuō:" tài guì le / liǎo / liào."
I said, "That's too expensive."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
价格也不 贵 ，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
From the grammar library
这条裤子很 贵 。
Zhè tiáo kùzi hěn guì.
These trousers are expensive.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
这个比那个 贵 得多。
Zhège bǐ nàge guì de duō.
This one is much more expensive than that one.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 比 comparisons
贵 appears in 31 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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 31 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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