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乖

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well-behaved

HSK 7

Abstract →Qualities

guāi

カイ

そむ.く、もとる

괴

Components

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

乖

Regular

Modern

Chinese

乖 [guāi]

(of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (27)

乖巧 [guāiqiǎo] #29,270

乖张 [guāizhāng] #37,538

乖张 [guāizhāng] #37,538

乖戾 [guāilì] #36,644

perverse (behavior)

乖僻 [guāipì] #45,026

乖顺 [guāishùn] #58,157

obedient (colloquial)

乖顺 [guāishùn] #58,157

obedient (colloquial)

乖觉 [guāijué] #62,635

乖觉 [guāijué] #62,635

讨好卖乖 [tǎohǎomàiguāi] #69,032

to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)

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JAPANESE WORDS (2)

乖離 [かいり] #24,856

乖離率 [かいりりつ]

KOREAN WORDS (1)