高貴

See also: 高贵

Chinese

high; tall
 
expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (高貴)
simp. (高贵)

Pronunciation


Adjective

高貴

  1. privileged; elitist
  2. precious; rare; valuable
  3. noble; lofty
    男尊女卑封建社會遺留下來思想觀念錯誤認為男人女人高貴 [MSC, trad.]
    男尊女卑封建社会遗留下来思想观念错误认为男人女人高贵 [MSC, simp.]
    Nánzūnnǚbēi shì fēngjiànshèhuì yíliú xiàlái de sīxiǎng guānniàn, tā cuòwù de rènwèi nánrén bǐ nǚrén gāoguì. [Pinyin]
    The ideology of male domination and female subordination is handed down from feudal society and wrongly holds that males are nobler than females.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 高貴不貴高贵不贵
  • 高貴優雅高贵优雅

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2

Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 高貴 (*kaw *kjwɨjH). Compare modern Mandarin 高貴 (gāoguì).

Pronunciation

Adjective

高貴 (-na inflection, hiragana こうき, rōmaji kōki, historical hiragana かうき)

  1. noble; of noble birth; high-born
  2. noble of bearing, refined, graceful
  3. highly valuable, precious

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

高貴 (hiragana こうき, rōmaji kōki, historical hiragana かうき)

  1. nobleness of birth
  2. nobleness of bearing
  3. high value

Antonyms

  • (nobleness of birth): 下賎 (げせん) (gesen): lowness of birth

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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