a Chinese family name

expensive; costly; valuable; high-priced

high-placed; high-ranking; honorable; distinguished

esteem; treat with respect

treasure; value highly; prize

a polite expression referring to another person; you; your

valuable; precious

short for Kweichow province

(adjective) 1. important; 2. valuable; (formal polite expression) 3. Yours

wealth and rank; riches and honour; wealth and status

affluent; wealthy

nobility; aristocracy; noblemen; noblewomen; aristocrats; the upper class; the ruling class; noble

speed is precious in war

poached marinated chicken

may I know your (full) name? (lit. honored , surname/family name , greatly , given/first name), e,g,: 您貴姓大名? 請問你貴姓大名? [Syn.] 尊姓大名 , 高姓大名

1. over-protected and spoiled 2. delicate

hope you have a son soon, often said to newly-weds wishing that they give birth to a son soon.

of a women to be delicate and fragile

describes a person's body and life as being more precious and valuable than others due to them being rich and of a certain social status (such as children from an upper class family)

dead (an attempt to be funny as it says the person dislikes expensive rice)

passed away, dead; literaaly: whining about how expensive the rice is

common oriental clam; surf clam

venus clam

expensive, costly

aristocracy

very wealthy; very rich

fragile, refined, "tender and expensive"

precious; refined and delicate; genteel

influential officials; bigwigs

lordship

have mercy on me; show mercy to

We wish you long life and riches! (lit., "long life, abundant riches")

fried rice noodles (koay teow) | See '炒粿條' for more information | '貴刁' is the Cantonese transliteration of the Minnan '粿條', although the Mandarin pronunciation of '貴刁' (guìdiāo) is even more similar to the Minnan '粿條' than the Cantonese is

char kway teow, type of stir-fried rice noodle

glory and wealth; wealth and rank; high position and great riches

wealthy (new year wish)

no need to ask, to be sure [華]: 還用問

obviously; describes something that is very obvious to be realized or found out where there is no need to investigate further; needless to ask

to work as a loanshark; to be a usurer

to loan money with high interest; loan-sharking

"harmony is the most valued thing", "harmony is a virtue", "harmony is the best strategy"