圭
guī
Pinyin

Definition

圭
 - 
guī
  1. (old) jade tablet (a ceremonial badge of rank)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (27)

封
Fēng
  1. 1 surname Feng
封
fēng
  1. 1 to confer
  2. 2 to grant
  3. 3 to bestow a title
  4. 4 to seal
  5. 5 classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
街
jiē
  1. 1 street
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo
挂
guà
  1. 1 to hang or suspend (from a hook etc)
  2. 2 to hang up (the phone)
  3. 3 (of a line) to be dead
  4. 4 to be worried or concerned
  5. 5 to make a phone call (dialect)
  6. 6 to register or record
  7. 7 classifier for sets or clusters of objects
  8. 8 (slang) to kill
  9. 9 to die
  10. 10 to be finished
  11. 11 to fail (an exam)
佳
Jiā
  1. 1 surname Jia

Related Words (4)

乌拉圭
Wū lā guī
  1. 1 Uruguay
圭
guī
  1. 1 (old) jade tablet (a ceremonial badge of rank)
圭亚那
Guī yà nà
  1. 1 Guyana
巴拉圭
Bā lā guī
  1. 1 Paraguay

Idioms (2)

奉为圭臬
fèng wéi guī niè
  1. 1 to take as a guiding principle (idiom)
荜门圭窦
bì mén guī dòu
  1. 1 wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel
  2. 2 living in poverty

Sample Sentences

你知道日本有位叫做东野圭吾的作家吗？他是一个专门写侦探小说的悬疑小说家，他的作品值得一看。
nǐ zhīdào Rìběn yǒu wèi jiào zuò Dōngyě Guīwú de zuòjiā ma ？tā shì yī gè zhuānmén xiě zhēntàn xiǎoshuō de xuányí xiǎoshuōjiā ，tā de zuòpǐn zhídéyīkàn 。
Do you know a Japanese author called Keigo Higashino? He is a thriller novelist who specializes in detective novels. His work is worth a read.
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你这么一说我倒是想起来了了，东野圭吾就是凭借这一部《放学后》赢得了日本国内众多奖项。
nǐ zhème yī shuō wǒ dào shì xiǎng qilai le le ，Dōngyě Guīwú jiùshì píngjiè zhè yī bù 《fàngxué hòu 》yíngdé le Rìběn guónèi zhòngduō jiǎngxiàng 。
Now that you've said that I remember it, Keigo Higashino won several prizes for 'After School' in Japan.
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听说东野圭吾现在可是个炙手可热的悬疑小说家了，他的很多作品还被改编成了电影。
tīngshuō Dōngyě Guīwú xiànzài kěshì gè zhìshǒukěrè de xuányí xiǎoshuōjiā le ，tā de hěn duō zuòpǐn hái bèi gǎibiān chéng le diànyǐng 。
I hear Keigo Higashino is a really popular thriller novelist right now, many of his works have been adapted into films.
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才华对一个作家来说当然是很重要的事情，但后天的努力也是必不可少的，相信东野圭吾也是付出了很多努力，经历了很多失败才有今天的成绩的。
cáihuá duì yī gè zuòjiā láishuō dāngrán shì hěn zhòngyào de shìqing ，dàn hòutiān de nǔlì yě shì bìbùkěshǎo de ，xiāngxìn Dōngyě Guīwú yě shì fùchū le hěn duō nǔlì ，jīnglì le hěn duō shībài cái yǒu jīntiān de chéngjì de 。
Of course talent is important for a writer, but hard work is also necessary regardless of natural talent. I believe that Keigo Higashino has also done a lot of hard work and experienced his fair share of failure before he attained what he has today.
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你看你，自食其果！目标巴拉圭，再发射二十枚“记忆抹杀”导弹！我要让你的国民忘记自己的国家和历史，让你世世代代都臣服于我！
nǐ kàn nǐ ，zìshíqíguǒ ！mùbiāo Bālāguī ，zài fāshè èrshí méi “jìyì mǒshā ”dǎodàn ！wǒ yào ràng nǐ de guómín wàngjì zìjǐ de guójiā hé lìshǐ ，ràng nǐ shìshìdàidài dōu chénfú yú wǒ ！
Look at you-- you had it coming! Target: Paraguay. Launch twenty more ``Memory Eraser" missiles. I want to make your people forget their own country and history, and make you obey me for until the end of time!
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什么！巴拉圭竟然也有洲际导弹！真背！好，既然这样，咱们就来决一死战吧！
shénme ！Bālāguī jìngrán yě yǒu zhōujì dǎodàn ！zhēn bèi ！hǎo ，jìrán zhèyàng ，zánmen jiù lái juéyīsǐzhàn ba ！
What? Paraguay has intercontinental ballistic missiles, too! Damn! OK, since that's the way it is, let's go all the way!
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