高貴

See also: 高贵

Chinese

high; tall
 
expensive; noble; your (name)
expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (高貴) 高 貴
simp. (高贵) 高 贵

Pronunciation


Adjective

高貴

  1. privileged; elitist
  2. precious; rare; valuable
  3. noble; lofty
    男尊女卑是封建社會遺留下來的思想觀念,它錯誤地認為男人比女人高貴。 [MSC, trad.]
    男尊女卑是封建社会遗留下来的思想观念,它错误地认为男人比女人高贵。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nánzūnnǚbēi shì fēngjiànshèhuì yíliú xiàlái de sīxiǎng guānniàn, tā cuòwù de rènwèi nánrén bǐ nǚrén gāoguì. [Pinyin]
    The ideology of male domination and female subordination is handed down from feudal society and wrongly holds that males are nobler than females.

Synonyms

  • (privileged):
  • (precious):
  • (lofty):

Derived terms

  • 高貴不貴/高贵不贵
  • 高貴優雅/高贵优雅
  • 高貴林/高贵林 (Gāoguìlín)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (高貴):
  • → Japanese: 高(こう)貴(き) (kōki)
  • → Vietnamese: cao quý (高貴)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高 貴
こう
Grade: 2
き
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 高貴 (*kaw *kjwɨjH). Compare modern Mandarin 高貴/高贵 (gāoguì).

Pronunciation

Adjective

高(こう)貴(き) • (kōki) ←かうき (kauki)?-na (adnominal 高(こう)貴(き)な (kōki na), adverbial 高(こう)貴(き)に (kōki ni))

  1. noble; of noble birth; high-born
  2. noble of bearing, refined, graceful
  3. highly valuable, precious

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

高(こう)貴(き) • (kōki) ←かうき (kauki)?

  1. nobleness of birth
  2. nobleness of bearing
  3. high value

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “nobleness of birth”): 下賎(げせん) (gesen): lowness of birth

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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