贵 — expensive; highly valued; precious
expensive; highly valued; precious; noble; of high rank; your
- Pinyin
- guì · Guì
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- recognition only
This character has more than one reading — guì, Guì — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 贵: 9 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 贵 in the HSK syllabus: 13
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 贵guìshort name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]HSK 1
- 宝贵bǎoguìvaluable; precious; to value; to treasureHSK 5
- 贵姓guìxìngwhat is your surname?; your surname?HSK 5
- 珍贵zhēnguìpreciousHSK 5
- 昂贵ángguìexpensive; costlyHSK 6
- 贵重guìzhòngpreciousHSK 6
- 高贵gāoguìgrandeur; nobleHSK 7–9
- 贵宾guìbīnhonored guest; distinguished guest; VIPHSK 7–9
- 贵族guìzúlord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocratHSK 7–9
- 可贵kěguìto be treasured; praiseworthyHSK 7–9
- 名贵míngguìfamous and valuable; rare; preciousHSK 7–9
- 难能可贵nánnéng-kěguìrare and precious; valuable; remarkableHSK 7–9
- 尊贵zūnguìrespected; respectable; honorableHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.