貴庚

Chinese

		expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious	7th heavenly stem; age
trad. (貴庚)		貴	庚
simp. (贵庚)		贵	庚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guìgēng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ gang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kùi-keⁿ / kùi-kiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guìgēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guèigeng
  - Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-kêng¹
  - Yale: gwèi-gēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueygeng
  - Palladius: гуйгэн (gujgɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai³ gang¹
  - Yale: gwai gāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ gang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei³ geng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ kɐŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-keⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuì-kenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuie'kvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ kẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-kiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuì-kinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuie'kvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ kĩ⁴⁴/

Noun

貴庚

(honorific) your age (usually asked of an elderly person)
請問貴庚？／请问贵庚？ ― Qǐngwèn guìgēng? ― May I ask your age?

您今年貴庚？／您今年贵庚？ ― Nín jīnnián guìgēng? ― How old are you this year? [to an unfamiliar elderly person]

See also

貴甲子／贵甲子
高壽／高寿 (gāoshòu)

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