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乖

guāi
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Adjective Common

Definitions

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

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Character focus

Stroke order

8 strokes

Word relationships

Antonyms

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叛逆
pàn nì

to rebel

孩子很乖。

Related words

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懂事
dǒng shì

to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world

孩子很乖。

Synonyms

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听话
tīng huà

obedient

孩子很乖。

Usage notes

Collocations

Often used with 很 to mean 'very well-behaved', as in 很乖. For 'behave', use the verb 乖 itself (e.g., 乖一点儿).

Example Sentences

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这个孩子很 乖 。
This child is very well-behaved.
乖 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13112392)

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Words Containing 乖

乖巧
guāi qiǎo

clever (child)

上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi

to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)

乖乖
guāi guāi

(of a child) well-behaved

乖乖
guāi guai

goodness gracious!

乖乖牌
guāi guāi pái

good little boy (or girl)

乖僻
guāi pì

peculiar

乖张
guāi zhāng

recalcitrant

乖忤
guāi wǔ

stubborn

乖戾
guāi lì

perverse (behavior)

乖离
guāi lí

to part

乖觉
guāi jué

perceptive

乖谬
guāi miù

ridiculous

乖迕
guāi wǔ

stubborn

乖顺
guāi shùn

obedient (colloquial)

嘴乖
zuǐ guāi

(coll.) to speak in a clever and lovable way

学乖
xué guāi

to learn from experience (coll.)

得便宜卖乖
dé pián yi mài guāi

to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise

撒娇卖乖
sā jiāo mài guāi

to behave ingratiatingly

时乖命蹇
shí guāi mìng jiǎn

bad times, adverse fate (idiom)

讨好卖乖
tǎo hǎo mài guāi

to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)

卖乖
mài guāi

to show off one's cleverness