Example sentences
zhè这yě也tài太guì贵le了。
This is way too expensive.
guì贵de的dōng东xi西bù不yí一dìng定hǎo好。
Expensive things aren't always good.
The story behind the character
贵
贵 is 貝 at the bottom, a cowrie shell, which was money. Xu Shen wrote 贵, 物不贱也: things that are not cheap. The 臾 on top is there for the sound. Shells were the currency of the Shang and Zhou, so anything holding 貝 has to do with value: 贵, 买, 费, 赏. Expensive and noble grew from one root.