貴幹

Chinese

		expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious	main part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang)
trad. (貴幹)		貴	幹
simp. (贵干)		贵	干

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guìgàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ gon³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gui³ gang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guìgàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèigàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴-kan⁴
    • Yale: gwèi-gàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueygann
    • Palladius: гуйгань (gujganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ gon³
    • Yale: gwai gon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ gon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ gon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ kɔːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gui³ gang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kùi kàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kaŋ²¹³/

Noun

貴幹

1. (honorific) your business

   請問有何貴幹？／请问有何贵干？  ―  Qǐngwèn yǒu hé guìgàn?  ―  What brings you here?

   請問有咩貴幹？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   请问有咩贵干？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ceng² man⁶ jau⁵ me¹ gwai³ gon³? [Jyutping]

   What brings you here?