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华贵 (huá guì) — luxurious, sumptuous, costly

Definition

adjective
luxurioussumptuouscostly

Examples

  • 华贵。
    Zhè jiàn yī fu shè jì dé shí fēn huá guì.
    This piece of clothing is designed very luxuriously.
  • 华贵。
    Tā pèi dài de zhū bǎo fēi cháng huá guì.
    The jewelry she wears is very sumptuous.
  • 华贵。
    Zhè zuò gōng diàn de zhuāng shì fēng gé huá guì diǎn yǎ.
    The decoration style of this palace is luxurious and elegant.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

华huásplendid
贵guìprecious

华 gives splendid elegance and 贵 adds costly value, giving the sense of sumptuous luxury.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 華; 华 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 華 showed flowers on a plant, with stalk and leaves below. The simplified 华 is a later shorthand and not the original picture.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 貴; 贵 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèimoney cowrie
Sound part声符shēngfú
臾
臾yú貴guì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 貴 uses 貝, a money cowrie, for meaning and 臾 for sound. The simplified 贵 is a later shorthand, and its parts are not the old parts.

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