貴姓

See also: 贵姓

Chinese

		expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious	surname; family name; name
trad. (貴姓)		貴	姓
simp. (贵姓)		贵	姓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guìxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ sing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kui-siang
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kùi-sìⁿ / kùi-sèⁿ / kùi-sèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gui³ sên³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guìxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèisìng
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: gwèi-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyshinq
    • Palladius: гуйсин (gujsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ sing³
    • Yale: gwai sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kui-siang
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui xiang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui⁴ xiang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵ si̯aŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-sìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuì-sìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuiesvix
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sĩ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ sĩ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ sĩ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-sèⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuì-sènn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuiesvex
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ sɛ̃²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ sẽ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: kuì-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuiesexng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gui³ sên³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kùi sèⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sẽ²¹³/

Noun

貴姓

1. (honorific) surname of a person

   您貴姓？免貴，姓陳。 [MSC, trad.]
   您贵姓？免贵，姓陈。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nín guìxìng? Miǎnguì, xìng Chén. [Pinyin]

   What is your surname? My surname is Chen.

   恁貴姓？／恁贵姓？ [Hokkien]  ―  Lín kùi-sèⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  May I ask for your surname?

   • 1957, 王月汀, 欧陽文釆, directed by 秦劍, 鬼夜哭 [The Nightly Cry of the Ghost]‎^[1], spoken by 方涛 (謝賢 [Patrick Tse]):

     係呢，我都忘記問你貴姓添。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     系呢，我都忘记问你贵姓添。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     hai⁶ ne¹, ngo⁵ dou¹ mong⁴ gei³ man⁶ nei⁵ gwai³ sing³ tim¹. [Jyutping]

     Oh right, I forgot to ask for your surname.

Usage notes

• Used primarily in questions, as illustrated by the examples above. It is not appropriate to use this in response to a question.

Synonyms

• 尊姓 (zūnxìng)
• 上姓 (shàngxìng)

See also

• 大名 (dàmíng)
• 貴國／贵国 (guìguó)
• 貴公司／贵公司 (guìgōngsī)

References

• Duffus, William (1883), “you”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 302