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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)

黑鬼
hēiguǐ
black devil (derogatory term for black or African person)
鬼魅
guǐmèi
demon
鬼扯
guǐchě
nonsense
鬼怪
guǐguài
hobgoblin
鬼屋
guǐwū
haunted house
鬼子
guǐzi
devils
内鬼
nèiguǐ
mole
魔鬼
móguǐ
devil
HSK 6
小鬼
xiǎoguǐ
little demon (term of endearment for a child)
鬼魂
guǐhún
ghost
色鬼
sèguǐ
lecher
鬼婆
guǐpó
Caucasian woman (Cantonese)
见鬼
jiànguǐ
curse it!
鬼话
guǐhuà
lie
鬼鸮
guǐxiāo
(Chinese bird species) boreal owl (Aegolius funereus)
赌鬼
dǔguǐ
gambling addict
走鬼
zǒuguǐ
unlicensed street vendor
酒鬼
jiǔguǐ
drunkard
恶鬼
èguǐ
evil spirit
醉鬼
zuìguǐ
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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