貴族

See also: 贵族

Chinese

		expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (貴族)		貴	族
simp. (贵族)		贵	族

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guìzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwai³ zuk⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gei¹ duuk⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kui-chhu̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kùi-cho̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gui³ zog⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guìzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèizú
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-tsu²
    • Yale: gwèi-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueytzwu
    • Palladius: гуйцзу (gujczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ zuk⁶
    • Yale: gwai juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ t͡sʊk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gei¹ duuk⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei³³ tɵk̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kui-chhu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui cug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui⁴ cug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵ t͡sʰuk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-cho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kuì-tso̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuiezok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gui³ zog⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kùi tso̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sok̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kjw+jH dzuwk

Rime
Character	貴	族
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	東 (3)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	居胃切	昨木切
Baxter	kjw+jH	dzuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʉiH/	/d͡zuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɨiH/	/d͡zuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuəiH/	/d͡zuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kujH/	/d͡zəwk̚/
Li Rong	/kiuəiH/	/d͡zuk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭwəiH/	/d͡zuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwe̯iH/	/d͡zʱuk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì	zú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai3	zuk6

Noun

貴族

1. lord; nobleman; noble; aristocrat

   貴族出身／贵族出身  ―  guìzú chūshēn  ―  to be of noble birth

   • 太僕卿周皓，貴族子，多力負氣。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     太仆卿周皓，贵族子，多力负气。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CE

     Tàipú qīng Zhōuhào, guìzú zǐ, duō lì fù qì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. nobility; aristocracy

   • 蠶即繭，繭而絲，絲為絝綺。絝綺入貴族之用。設或貴族之流，見絝綺之美麗以念我。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     蚕即茧，茧而丝，丝为绔绮。绔绮入贵族之用。设或贵族之流，见绔绮之美丽以念我。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CE

     Cán jí jiǎn, jiǎn ér sī, sī wèi kùqǐ. Kùqǐ rù guìzú zhī yòng. Shè huò guìzú zhī liú, jiàn kùqǐ zhī měilì yǐ niàn wǒ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (nobility):

• 名門／名门 (míngmén)
• 大戶／大户 (dàhù)
• 好人家 (hǎorénjiā)
• 富家 (fùjiā) (literary)
• 有錢人家／有钱人家 (yǒuqián rénjiā)
• 望族 (wàngzú) (formal)
• 朱門／朱门 (zhūmén) (literary)
• 華族／华族 (huázú) (literary)
• 豪宅 (háozhái) (figurative)
• 豪門／豪门 (háomén)
• 高門／高门 (gāomén)

 

Derived terms

• 單身貴族／单身贵族 (dānshēn guìzú)
• 貴族政治／贵族政治 (guìzú zhèngzhì)
• 貴族院／贵族院 (Guìzúyuàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (貴族):

• → Japanese: 貴(き)族(ぞく) (kizoku)
• → Korean: 귀족(貴族) (gwijok)
• → Vietnamese: quý tộc (貴族)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貴	族
き Grade: 6	ぞく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) き​ぞく [kíꜜzòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲizo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

貴(き)族(ぞく) • (kizoku) 

1. noble, aristocrat (one of the aristocracy)
   • 2000 November 23, “邪(じゃ)剣(けん)男(だん)爵(しゃく)”, in EX-R, Konami:

     怨(おん)念(ねん)のこもった剣(けん)をあやつる貴(き)族(ぞく)。執(しゅう)念(ねん)深(ぶか)く獲(え)物(もの)を追(お)いつめる。

     Onnen no komotta ken o ayatsuru kizoku. Shūnenbukaku emono o oitsumeru.

     A noble who can manipulate a sword filled with hatred. He will never stop going after his prey.

Antonyms

• 賤民(せんみん) (senmin, “plebeian”)
• 平民(へいみん) (heimin, “plebeian”)

Derived terms

• 貴族制(きぞくせい) (kizokusei, “aristocracy”)
• 貴族院(きぞくいん) (kizokuin)

Korean

Hanja in this term
貴	族

Noun

貴族 • (gwijok) (hangeul 귀족)

1. Hanja form^? of 귀족 (“noble, aristocrat”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
貴	族

Noun

貴族

1. chữ Hán form of quý tộc (“nobility”).