昂贵 (ang gui): translation, meaning, pronunciation, examples

By ricky | December 5, 2017

昂贵 (Chinese PinYin: [áng guì]; traditional Chinese: 昂貴) may mean: (1) adj. expensive; (2) adj. valuable; (3) noun. valuableness. The term is a common vocabulary and can be used in formal and informal Mandarin Chinese. Some common phrases and expressions are: 昂贵的 (expensive), 代价昂贵 (at costly expense), 费用昂贵 (high expense), 相当昂贵 / 非常昂贵 (very expensive), 昂贵的房子 (expensive house), 稀缺而昂贵 (rare and valuable), 比预期的昂贵 (more expensive than expected), 昂贵的礼物 (expensive present), 昂贵的珠宝 (expensive jewels), 不是那么昂贵 (not so expensive).

Literally: 昂 (high) + 贵 (expensive)

1. How to pronounce 昂贵?

Chinese Pinyin: [áng guì]

Pronunciation examples: Please click to play the below audio.

Female speaker

Male speaker
Audio source: created by Baidu Voice

2. Synonyms And Antonyms of 昂贵

Synonyms: 高昂, 腾贵, 不菲, 高贵, 高档,

Antonyms: 低廉, 低贱, 便宜, 廉价,

3. What are the fixed expression, collocation and idioms that contains 昂贵

Fixed expression: 昂贵的 (expensive), 代价昂贵 (at costly expense), 费用昂贵 (high expense),

Collocation: 相当昂贵 / 非常昂贵 (very expensive), 昂贵的房子 (expensive house), 稀缺而昂贵 (rare and valuable), 比预期的昂贵 (more expensive than expected), 昂贵的礼物 (expensive present), 昂贵的珠宝 (expensive jewels), 不是那么昂贵 (not so expensive),

Idioms: N/A

Terminologies: N/A

4. How to use 昂贵 in a sentence?

Below are some example sentences and quotes containing 昂贵.

4.1 足球场上铺的草坪非常昂贵。

Translation: The lawn put down on the football ground is very expensive.

4.2 好的藏獒通常是非常昂贵的.

Translation: Fine Tibetan mastiffs are usually very expensive.

4.3 可他有一所昂贵的房子和一辆车。

Translation: But he has an expensive house and an expensive car.

4.4 他住在剑桥一幢昂贵的房子里。

Translation: He lived in Cambridge, in an expensive house.

4.5 这是稀缺而昂贵的.

Translation: This is rare and valuable.

4.6 这比你可能预期的昂贵很多.

Translation: It is much more expensive as you might expect.

4.7 但这些通常是非常昂贵。

Translation: But these are usually very expensive.

4.8 那将是一份昂贵的礼物,但是我们可以分摊一下费用。

Translation: It’ll be an expensive present, but we can share the cost.

5. Stroke Order

Stroke order images provided by Wikimedia stroke order project

Category: Standard Chinese Words And Expressions

Leave a Reply