桂 (guì): abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区, cassia, laurel
桂 (guì) is a Chinese character meaning “cassia.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 圭 (phonetic). It ranks #1906 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 桂 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
- cassia
- laurel
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肉桂noun | ròu guì | Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia) |
| 桂冠noun | guì guān | laurel (as a symbol of victory or merit) |
| 桂皮noun | guì pí | Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamonum cassia) |
| 折桂verb | zhé guì | to win the laurels |
| 桂格 | guì gé | Quaker (company) |
| 桂花noun | guì huā | osmanthus flowers |
| 桂林proper-noun | guì lín | see 桂林市 |
| 桂林医学院 | guì lín yī xué yuàn | Guilin Medical University |
| 桂平市 | guì píng shì | Guiping, a county-level city in Guigang City 貴港市|贵港市, Guangxi |
| 李成桂 | lǐ chéng guì | Yi Seong-gye (1335-1408), founder and first king of Korean Yi dynasty (1392-1910) |
| 桂林市 | guì lín shì | Guilin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区 |
| 月桂树noun | yuè guì shù | laurel tree (Laurus nobilis) |
| 月桂树叶 | yuè guì shù yè | laurel leaf |
| 临桂区 | lín guì qū | Lingui, a district of Guilin City 桂林市, Guangxi |
| 桂东proper-noun | guì dōng | see 桂東縣|桂东县 |
桂 appears in 41 compound words: 46 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 24 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 桂 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
工人们正在砍伐病桂，防止虫害蔓延。
gōng rén men zhēng zài kǎn fá bìng guì , fáng zhǐ chóng hài mán yán .
Workers are cutting down diseased osmanthus trees to prevent the spread of pests.
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sān 藩 zhī luàn jiē mì wú sān guì ruò zǎo 1 0 nián dòng shǒu kāng xī wèi bì néng fān pán
The San Francisco Rebellion was revealed If Wu Sangui had done it 10 years earlier, Kangxi might not have been able to turn the tables
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guì gǎng qiān 2 4 fèn gě zuò bèi wàng lù lǐ jiā chāo 冀 liǎng dì néng chí xù . . .
Guizhou and Hong Kong signed 24 memorandums of cooperation Li Jiachao hopes that the two places can continue...
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沈 guì xián : yǐn jiǔ yǎng zhū bù shì wèn tí ! shā lā yuè duō yuán bāo róng cái shì . . .
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春运进行时|为二次元乘客开辟临时卸妆区 桂林公园站..
chūn yùn jìn háng shí wéi èr cì yuán chéng kè kāi pì lín shí xiè zhuāng qū guì lín gōng yuán zhàn . .
During the Spring Festival, a temporary makeup removal area was opened for two-dimensional passengers Guilin Park Station:
她在花园里种了桂花。
Tā zài huāyuán lǐ zhòng le guìhuā.
She planted fragrant olives in the garden.
桂林的景色是天下最美的。
Guìlín de jǐngsè shì tiānxià zuì Měidí.
Guilin's sceneries are the most beautiful ones under the heaven.
桂林山水甲天下。
Guìlín shānshuǐ jiǎ tiānxià.
Guilin's sceneries are the most beautiful ones under the heaven.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced guì
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