Chinese symbol for “costly”
昂贵
áng guì
Traditional: 昂貴
expensive; costly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for costly is 昂贵 (áng guì), defined as: expensive; costly.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “costly”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 昂贵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高昂 | gāo áng | to hold (one's head) high; expensive |
| 激昂 | jī áng | impassioned; worked up |
| 昂扬 (昂揚) | áng yáng | elated; high-spirited |
| 昂首 | áng shǒu | head high; in high spirits |
| 慷慨激昂 | kāng kǎi jī áng | impassioned; vehement |
| 贵族 (貴族) | guì zú | lord; nobility |
| 珍贵 (珍貴) | zhēn guì | precious |
| 宝贵 (寶貴) | bǎo guì | valuable; precious |
See also: Japanese symbol for “costly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.