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quý giá

Pronunciation
IPA
Northern /kwi˧˥ zaː˧˥/ Central /kwḭ˩˧ ja̰ː˩˧/ Southern /wi˧˥ jaː˧˥/
precious
Adjective
precious

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
precious Descriptive Properties, States & Register FormsTheme

This adjective is used to describe something that is very valuable, precious, or highly esteemed.

vi Thời gian là thứ rất quý giá đối với mỗi người.

en Time is very precious to everyone.

Parts
quý / giá / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 貴價 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 貴價

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
貴價
Candidates by syllable
quý 貴(癸) giá 價
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
báu / tầm thường / rẻ mạt / valuable
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Use
đá quý / quý tử / quý khách / quý danh …
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