貴人

See also: 贵人

Chinese

		expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious	man; person; people
trad. (貴人)		貴	人
simp. (贵人)		贵	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guìrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kui-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kùi-jîn / kùi-lîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guìrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèirén
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-jên²
    • Yale: gwèi-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyren
    • Palladius: гуйжэнь (gujžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kui-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: kuì-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuiejiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: kuì-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuieliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lin²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 貴人

1. (literary) man of importance
2. (archaic) royal consort

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Japanese

Etymology 1

From 貴 (ate, "superior") + 人 (bito, "person")

Kanji in this term
貴	人
あて Grade: 6	ひと > びと Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

貴(あて)人(びと) • (atebito) 

1. a superior
2. an aristocrat; a noble

Synonyms

• お歴歴(れきれき) (orekireki)
• (aristocrat): 貴族(きぞく) (kizoku)

Antonyms

• 賎(しず) (shizu, “inferior, plebeian”)

Related terms

• 貴(あて)やか (ateyaka)

Etymology 2

From 貴 (ki, "superior") + 人 (jin, "person")

Kanji in this term
貴	人
き Grade: 6	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

貴(き)人(じん) • (kijin) 

1. Same as above.

Antonyms

• 賎人(せんじん) (senjin, “inferior, plebeian”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
貴	人

Noun

貴人 • (gwiin) (hangeul 귀인)

1. hanja form^? of 귀인 (“nobleman”)