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乖
guāi
1. (of a child) obedient, well-behaved
2. clever
3. shrewd
4. alert
5. perverse
6. contrary to reason
7. irregular
8. abnormal
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

乖
guāi
obedient, well-behaved; clever
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (14)

乖僻
guāipì
peculiar
乖巧
guāiqiǎo
clever (child)
乖张
guāizhāng
recalcitrant
乖忤
guāiwǔ
stubborn
乖戾
guāilì
perverse (behavior)
乖离
guāilí
to part
乖觉
guāijué
perceptive
乖谬
guāimiù
ridiculous
乖迕
guāiwǔ
stubborn
乖顺
guāishùn
obedient (colloquial)
嘴乖
zuǐguāi
(coll.) to speak in a clever and lovable way
学乖
xuéguāi
to learn from experience (colloquial)
时乖命蹇
shíguāimìngjiǎn
bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
讨好卖乖
tǎohǎomàiguāi
to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,469
Word Frequency Rank
2,454 of 84,292

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