貴姓

See also: 贵姓

Chinese

		expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious	surname; family name; name
trad. (貴姓)		貴	姓
simp. (贵姓)		贵	姓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guìxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ sing³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kui-siang
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kùi-sìⁿ / kùi-sèⁿ / kùi-sèng

(Teochew, Peng'im): gui³ sên³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guìxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guèisìng
  - Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-hsing⁴
  - Yale: gwèi-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueyshinq
  - Palladius: гуйсин (gujsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai³ sing³
  - Yale: gwai sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei³ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ sɪŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kui-siang
  - Hakka Romanization System: gui xiang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gui⁴ xiang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵ si̯aŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-sìⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuì-sìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuiesvix
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sĩ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ sĩ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ sĩ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-sèⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuì-sènn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuiesvex
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ sɛ̃²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ sẽ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: kuì-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuiesexng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gui³ sên³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kùi sèⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sẽ²¹³/

Noun

貴姓

(honorific) surname of a person
您貴姓？免貴，姓陳。 [MSC, trad.]
您贵姓？免贵，姓陈。 [MSC, simp.]
Nín guìxìng? Miǎnguì, xìng chén. [Pinyin]
What is your surname? My surname is Chen.

恁貴姓？／恁贵姓？ [Hokkien] ― Lín kùi-sèⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― May I ask your name?

Synonyms

尊姓 (zūnxìng)
上姓 (shàngxìng)

References

Duffus, William (1883), “you”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 302