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鬼
guǐ
1. ghost
2. demon
3. terrible
4. damnable
5. clever
6. sly
7. crafty
8. sinister plot
9. (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc)
10. one of the 28 constellations
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

鬼
guǐ
ghost; demon; sly, mischievous
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

五鬼
wǔguǐ
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
伥鬼
chāngguǐ
ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
做鬼
zuòguǐ
to play tricks
内鬼
nèiguǐ
mole
厉鬼
lìguǐ
malicious spirit
小鬼
xiǎoguǐ
little demon (term of endearment for a child)
恶鬼
èguǐ
evil spirit
懒鬼
lǎnguǐ
lazybones
捣鬼
dǎoguǐ
to play tricks
搞鬼
gǎoguǐ
to make mischief
死鬼
sǐguǐ
devil
洋鬼
yángguǐ
see [[洋鬼子<yángguǐzi>]]
淫鬼
yínguǐ
lecherous devil
烟鬼
yānguǐ
heavy smoker
白鬼
báiguǐ
"white ghost", derogatory term for caucasians (Cantonese)
色鬼
sèguǐ
lecher
见鬼
jiànguǐ
curse it!
赌鬼
dǔguǐ
gambling addict
走鬼
zǒuguǐ
unlicensed street vendor
酒鬼
jiǔguǐ
drunkard

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,041
Word Frequency Rank
533 of 84,292
Radical Number
194

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