貴賤

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See also: 貴賎 and 贵贱

Chinese

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expensive; noble; your (name)
expensive; noble; your (name); precious
 
inexpensive; lowly
trad. (貴賤)
simp. (贵贱)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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貴賤

  1. (formal) superiority and inferiority (i.e. aristocrat or plebeian, rich or poor, etc.); social status
    人人平等沒有什麼高低貴賤 [MSC, trad.]
    人人平等没有什么高低贵贱 [MSC, simp.]
    Rénrén píngděng, méiyǒu shénme gāodī guìjiàn zhī fēn. [Pinyin]
    Everyone is equal — there is no such thing as superiority or inferiority of social status.
  2. (formal) value of something (i.e. precious or cheap)

Synonyms

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  • (superiority and inferiority): 高低 (gāodī)

Conjunction

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貴賤

  1. (colloquial) in any case; regardless; in any event; anyway; anyhow

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
せん
Hyōgai
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
貴賎

Etymology

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From (ki, "valuable", "superior") + (sen, "valueless", "inferior").

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(せん) (kisen

  1. valuable and valueless
  2. high-ranking and low-ranking; superiority and inferiority
    1. noble and plebeian
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 き‐せん 【貴賤】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here