# 貴族
## Chinese

* 貴族 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 貴族 (Cantonese)
* 貴族 (Gan)
* kùi-cho̍k (Southern Min)
* 贵族 (Wu)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guìzú
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄗㄨˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwai$^3$ zuk$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gei$^1$ duuk$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kui-chhu̍k
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kùi-cho̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gui$^3$ zog$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guìzú
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄗㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guèizú
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^4$-tsu$^2$
*** Yale: gwèi-dzú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueytzwu
*** Palladius: гуйцзу (gujczu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwai$^3$ zuk$^6$
*** Yale: gwai juhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwai$^3$ dzuk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guei$^3$ zug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐi̯³³ t͡sʊk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gei$^1$ duuk$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei³³ tɵk̚³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kui-chhu̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: gui cug
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gui$^4$ cug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵ t͡sʰuk̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi-cho̍k
*** Tâi-lô: kuì-tso̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuiezok
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɔk̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gui$^3$ zog$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kùi tso̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /kui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sok̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kjw+jH dzuwk
Rime :
| Character | 貴 | 族 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) | 屋 (3) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 居胃切 | 昨木切 |
| Baxter | kjw+jH | dzuwk |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʉi$^H$/ | /d͡zuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷɨi$^H$/ | /d͡zuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiuəi$^H$/ | /d͡zuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kuj$^H$/ | /d͡zəwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kiuəi$^H$/ | /d͡zuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭwəi$^H$/ | /d͡zuk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kwe̯i$^H$/ | /d͡zʱuk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guì | zú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwai$^3$ | zuk$^6$ |

### Noun

貴族
* lord; nobleman; noble; aristocrat
    貴族出身／贵族出身 ― guìzú chūshēn ― to be of noble birth
    From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CE
    Tàipú qīng Zhōuhào, guìzú zǐ, duō lì fù qì. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* nobility; aristocracy
    From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CE
    Cán jí jiǎn, jiǎn ér sī, sī wèi kùqǐ. Kùqǐ rù guìzú zhī yòng. Shè huò guìzú zhī liú, jiàn kùqǐ zhī měilì yǐ niàn wǒ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* (nobility):
* 名門／名门 (míngmén)
* 大戶／大户 (dàhù)
* 好人家 (hǎorénjiā)
* 富家 (fùjiā) (literary)
* 有錢人家／有钱人家 (yǒuqián rénjiā)
* 望族 (wàngzú) (formal)
* 朱門／朱门 (zhūmén) (literary)
* 華族／华族 (huázú) (literary)
* 豪宅 (háozhái) (figurative)
* 豪門／豪门 (háomén)
* 高門／高门 (gāomén)

#### Derived terms

* 單身貴族／单身贵族 (dānshēn guìzú)
* 貴族政治／贵族政治 (guìzú zhèngzhì)
* 貴族院／贵族院 (Guìzúyuàn)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 貴(き)族(ぞく) (kizoku)
* → Korean: 귀족(貴族) (gwijok)
* → Vietnamese: quý tộc (貴族)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 貴 | 族 |
| き Grade: 6 | ぞく Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きぞく [kíꜜzòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [kʲizo̞kɯ̟]

### Noun

貴(き)族(ぞく) • (kizoku)
* noble, aristocrat (one of the aristocracy)
** 2000 November 23, “邪(じゃ)剣(けん)男(だん)爵(しゃく) [Baron of the Wicked Sword]”, in EX-R, Konami:
    怨(おん)念(ねん)のこもった剣(けん)をあやつる貴(き)族(ぞく)。執(しゅう)念(ねん)深(ぶか)く獲(え)物(もの)を追(お)いつめる。
       Onnen no komotta ken o ayatsuru kizoku. Shūnenbukaku emono o oitsumeru.
       A noble who can manipulate a sword filled with hatred. He will never stop going after his prey.

#### Antonyms

* 賤民(せんみん) (senmin, “plebeian”)
* 平民(へいみん) (heimin, “plebeian”)

#### Derived terms

* 貴族制(きぞくせい) (kizokusei, “aristocracy”)
* 貴族院(きぞくいん) (kizokuin)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 貴 | 族 |

### Noun

貴族 • (gwijok) (hangeul 귀족)
* hanja form of 귀족 (“noble, aristocrat”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 貴 | 族 |

### Noun

貴族
* chữ Hán form of quý tộc (“nobility”).