貴賤

See also: 貴賎 and 贵贱

Chinese

		expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious	inexpensive; lowly
trad. (貴賤)		貴	賤
simp. (贵贱)		贵	贱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guìjiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kui-chhien
Min Nan (POJ): kùi-chiān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guìjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyjiann
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guèijiàn
  - IPA ^(key): /kweɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kui-chhien
  - Hakka Romanization System: gui qien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gui⁴ qian⁴
  - IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯en⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-chiān
  - Tâi-lô: kuì-tsiān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuiecien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕiɛn³³/

Noun

貴賤

(formal) superiority and inferiority (i.e. aristocrat or plebeian, rich or poor, etc.); social status
(formal) value of something (i.e. precious or cheap)

Conjunction

貴賤

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貴	賤
き Grade: 6	せん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Noun

貴賤 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 貴賎, hiragana きせん, rōmaji kisen)

valuable and valueless
high-ranking and low-ranking; superior and inferior
1. noble and plebeian

Related terms

上下 (じょうげ) (jōge)
高低 (こうてい) (kōtei)
高卑 (こうひ) (kōhi)
(valuable and valueless): 軽重 (けいちょう) (keichō)

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