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乖

guāi

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

guāi · gwaai1 (Jyutping)

  1. (of a child) obedient, well-behaved
  2. clever
  3. shrewd
  4. alert
  5. perverse
  6. contrary to reason
  7. irregular
  8. abnormal

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

乖

Meaning
rebel; crafty, shrewd
Radical
丿
Strokes
8
Components
⿻千北
Cangjie
HJLP
Four-corner
2011.1

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