寶貴

See also: 宝贵

Chinese

		a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious	expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (寶貴)		寶	貴
simp. (宝贵)		宝	贵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎoguì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² gwai³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pó-kui

(Hailu, HRS): bo^ˊ gui^ˇ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pó-kùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo² gui³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎoguì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎoguèi
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-kuei⁴
  - Yale: bǎu-gwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoguey
  - Palladius: баогуй (baoguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² gwai³
  - Yale: bóu gwai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² gwai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² guei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-kui
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˋ gui
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ gui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /po³¹ ku̯i⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˊ gui^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /po²⁴⁻³³ kui¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-kùi
  - Tâi-lô: pó-kuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poy'kuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kui²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo² gui³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pó kùi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵²⁻³⁵ kui²¹³/

Middle Chinese: pawX kjw+jH

Rime
Character	寶	貴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	博抱切	居胃切
Baxter	pawX	kjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑu^X/	/kʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑu^X/	/kʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑu^X/	/kiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paw^X/	/kuj^H/
Li Rong	/pɑu^X/	/kiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/pɑu^X/	/kĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɑu^X/	/kwe̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǎo	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou²	gwai³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuʔ kuj-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*puːʔ kluds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	寶	貴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǎo	guì
Middle Chinese	‹ paw^X ›	‹ kjw+j^H ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁuʔ/	/*kuj-s/
English	precious thing	precious; expensive
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	寶	貴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3264	4747
Phonetic component	缶	貴
Rime group	幽	隊
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	寶	貴
Old Chinese	/*puːʔ/	/*kluds/
Notes		從蕢之古文臾得聲

Adjective

寶貴

valuable; precious; valued
請多提寶貴意見。 [MSC, trad.]
请多提宝贵意见。 [MSC, simp.]
Qǐng duō tí bǎoguì yìjiàn. [Pinyin]
Your valued feedback is most welcome.

知識分子是國家的寶貴財富。 [MSC, trad.]
知识分子是国家的宝贵财富。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhīshifènzǐ shì guójiā de bǎoguì cáifù. [Pinyin]
Educated people are valuable assets to the country.
- 夫玉生於山，制則破焉，非弗寶貴矣，然夫璞不完。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  夫玉生于山，制则破焉，非弗宝贵矣，然夫璞不完。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE
  Fú yù shēng yú shān, zhì zé pò yān, fēi fú bǎoguì yǐ, rán fú pú bù wán. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

值銅鈿 / 值铜钿 (⁸zeq ⁶don-di) (Wu)
值錢 / 值钱 (zhíqián)
值鐳 / 值镭 (Puxian Min)
可貴 / 可贵 (kěguì)
名貴 / 名贵 (míngguì)
對重 / 对重 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
抵錢 / 抵钱 (dai² cin^4-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Xiang)
有價值 / 有价值 (yǒujiàzhí)
珍奇 (zhēnqí)
珍貴 / 珍贵 (zhēnguì)
甘貴 / 甘贵 (gan¹ guei⁴) (Xiang)
矜貴 / 矜贵 (jīnguì) (literary)
致重 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
貴重 / 贵重 (guìzhòng)
金貴 / 金贵 (jīnguì)
高貴 / 高贵 (gāoguì)

Verb

寶貴

to treasure; to value

Synonyms

器 (qì) (literary, or in compounds)
器重 (qìzhòng) (a junior or subordinate)
契重 (qìzhòng) (literary)
寶重 / 宝重 (bǎozhòng)
對重 / 对重 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
把焦點放在 / 把焦点放在 (bǎ jiāodiǎn fàng zài)
正視 / 正视 (zhèngshì)
注重 (zhùzhòng)
看重 (kànzhòng)
致重 (Hokkien)
重視 / 重视 (zhòngshì)
關切 / 关切 (guānqiè)
關心 / 关心 (guānxīn)
關懷 / 关怀 (guānhuái)
關注 / 关注 (guānzhù)