權貴

Chinese

		authority; power; right	expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious
trad. (權貴)		權	貴
simp. (权贵)		权	贵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quánguì

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kyun⁴ gwai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koân-kùi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quánguì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuánguèi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-kuei⁴
  - Yale: chywán-gwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanguey
  - Palladius: цюаньгуй (cjuanʹguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kyun⁴ gwai³
  - Yale: kyùhn gwai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴ gwai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴ guei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹ kʷɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koân-kùi
  - Tâi-lô: kuân-kuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koankuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²⁴⁻²² kui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan²⁴⁻²² kui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan¹³⁻²² kui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan²⁴⁻¹¹ kui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²³⁻³³ kui²¹/

Middle Chinese: gjwen kjw+jH

Rime
Character	權	貴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨員切	居胃切
Baxter	gjwen	kjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuᴇn/	/kʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚiɛn/	/kʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuæn/	/kiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwian/	/kuj^H/
Li Rong	/ɡjuɛn/	/kiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɛn/	/kĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯wɛn/	/kwe̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quán	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kyun⁴	gwai³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷrar kuj-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡron kluds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	權	貴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	quán	guì
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwen ›	‹ kjw+j^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ʷrar/	/*kuj-s/
English	weight of a steelyard	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	權	貴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4496	4747
Phonetic component	雚	貴
Rime group	元	隊
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	權	貴
Old Chinese	/*ɡron/	/*kluds/
Notes		從蕢之古文臾得聲

Noun

權貴

influential officials; bigwigs

Derived terms

權貴資本主義 / 权贵资本主义 (quánguì zīběnzhǔyì)
權貴顯要 / 权贵显要

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (權貴):

→ Korean: 권귀(權貴) (gwon'gwi)
→ Vietnamese: quyền quý (權貴)