富貴

See also: 富贵

Chinese

		rich; abundant	expensive; noble
trad. (富貴)		富	貴
simp. (富贵)		富	贵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fùguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu⁴ gui⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фугуй (fuguy, III-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu³ gwai³
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'fu⁴ gui⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fu-kui

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fu⁴ gui⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hù-kùi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bu³ gui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fùguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fùguèi
    • Wade–Giles: fu⁴-kuei⁴
    • Yale: fù-gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhguey
    • Palladius: фугуй (fuguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fu⁴ gui⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fugui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹³ kuei²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фугуй (fuguy, III-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fou⁴⁴ kuei⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu³ gwai³
    • Yale: fu gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu³ gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu³ guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³³ kʷɐi̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'fu⁴ gui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈfu³⁵ kui³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu-kui
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu gui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴ gui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ ku̯i⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fu⁴ gui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kuɪ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hù-kùi
    • Tâi-lô: hù-kuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huo'kuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu²¹⁻⁵³ kui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu²¹⁻⁵³ kui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu¹¹⁻⁵³ kui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu²¹⁻⁴¹ kui²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bu³ gui³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pù kùi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kui²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjuwH kjw+jH

Rime
Character	富	貴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	方副切	居胃切
Baxter	pjuwH	kjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨuH/	/kʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/piuH/	/kʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/piəuH/	/kiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puwH/	/kujH/
Li Rong	/piuH/	/kiuəiH/
Wang Li	/pĭəuH/	/kĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ə̯uH/	/kwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fòu	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau3	gwai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pək-s  kuj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯɡs  kluds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	富	貴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fù	guì
Middle Chinese	‹ pjuwH ›	‹ kjw+jH ›
Old Chinese	/*pək-s/	/*kuj-s/
English	rich; wealth	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	富	貴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3372	4747
Phonetic component	畐	貴
Rime group	代	隊
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	富	貴
Old Chinese	/*pɯɡs/	/*kluds/
Notes		從蕢之古文臾得聲

Adjective

富貴

1. wealthy and respectable (in terms of social status)

   Antonym: 貧賤／贫贱 (pínjiàn)

2. (literary) splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

Synonyms

• (wealthy):

• 優裕／优裕 (yōuyù)
• 多金 (duōjīn) (literary)
• 好康 (Hokkien)
• 好額／好额 (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
• 富有 (fùyǒu)
• 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
• 富裕 (fùyù)
• 富足 (fùzú)
• 寬綽／宽绰 (kuānchuò)
• 寬裕／宽裕 (kuānyù)
• 寬鬆／宽松 (kuānsōng)
• 有米 (jau⁵ mai⁵) (Cantonese)
• 有錢／有钱 (yǒuqián)
• 有鐳／有镭 (Hokkien)
• 殷富 (yīnfù) (archaic)
• 殷實 (yīnshí)
• 活潑／活泼 (huópō) (literary)
• 潤屋／润屋 (rùnwū) (literary)
• 萬貫／万贯 (wànguàn) (dated)
• 肥實／肥实 (féishí) (colloquial)
• 肥饒／肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)
• 腰裡橫／腰里横 (yāolǐhèng) (Northern Mandarin, slang)
• 膏腴 (Hokkien)
• 華貴／华贵 (huáguì)
• 趁錢／趁钱 (chènqián) (Northeastern Mandarin, colloquial)
• 闊／阔 (kuò)

 

Noun

富貴

1. (literally) wealth and social position; wealth and rank

   • 子夏曰「死生有命，富貴在天」，而不曰「死生在天，富貴有命」者，何則？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子夏曰「死生有命，富贵在天」，而不曰「死生在天，富贵有命」者，何则？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE, translated based on Alfred Forke's version

     Zǐxià yuē “sǐshēng yǒu mìng, fùguì zài tiān”, ér bù yuē “sǐshēng zài tiān, fùguì yǒu mìng” zhě, hé zé? [Pinyin]

     How is it that Zixia says, "Life and death depend on Destiny, wealth and honour come from Heaven" instead of saying, "Life and death come from Heaven, wealth and honour depend on Destiny?"

Proper noun

富貴

1. (～角) Cape Fugui (northernmost point on Taiwan Island)

Derived terms

• 一個富貴心，兩隻體面眼／一个富贵心，两只体面眼
• 功名富貴／功名富贵 (gōngmíng fùguì)
• 咸家富貴／咸家富贵／冚家富貴／冚家富贵 (ham⁶ gaa¹ fu³ gwai³) (Cantonese)
• 坐富貴／坐富贵
• 坐床富貴／坐床富贵
• 大官富貴／大官富贵
• 富貴一場春夢／富贵一场春梦
• 富貴不歸故鄉，如衣繡夜行／富贵不归故乡，如衣绣夜行
• 富貴不淫／富贵不淫
• 富貴不能淫／富贵不能淫
• 富貴人家／富贵人家
• 富貴利達／富贵利达
• 富貴功名／富贵功名
• 富貴在天／富贵在天
• 富貴壽考／富贵寿考
• 富貴如浮雲／富贵如浮云
• 富貴有餘／富贵有余
• 富貴榮華／富贵荣华
• 富貴浮雲／富贵浮云
• 富貴無常／富贵无常
• 富貴病／富贵病 (fùguìbìng)
• 富貴花／富贵花
• 富貴花開／富贵花开
• 富貴草頭露／富贵草头露
• 富貴衣／富贵衣
• 富貴角／富贵角
• 富貴豪宕／富贵豪宕
• 富貴逼人／富贵逼人
• 富貴險中求／富贵险中求 (fùguì xiǎn zhōng qiú)
• 富貴風流／富贵风流
• 富貴驕人／富贵骄人
• 榮華富貴／荣华富贵 (rónghuáfùguì)
• 死生有命，富貴在天／死生有命，富贵在天 (sǐshēng yǒu mìng, fùguì zài tiān)
• 浮雲富貴／浮云富贵
• 長命富貴／长命富贵

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (富貴):

• → Japanese: 富(ふう)貴(き) (fūki)
• → Korean: 부귀(富貴) (bugwi)
• → Vietnamese: phú quý (富貴), phú quí (富貴)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
富	貴
ふう Grade: 4	き Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 富貴 (MC pjuwH kjw+jH).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝːkʲi]

Noun

富(ふう)貴(き) • (fūki) 

1. wealth and rank; riches and honors

Korean

Hanja in this term
富	貴

Noun

富貴 • (bugwi) (hangeul 부귀)

1. Hanja form^? of 부귀 (“wealth and rank; riches and honors”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
富	貴

Adjective

富貴

1. chữ Hán form of phú quý/phú quí (“rich and of noble rank”).

Noun

富貴

1. chữ Hán form of phú quý/phú quí (“wealth and opulence”).

Proper noun

富貴

1. chữ Hán form of Phú Quý/Phú Quí (“island and district in Bình Thuận province, Vietnam”).