乖 (guāi): (of a child) obedient, well-behaved, clever, shrewd
乖 (guāi) is a Chinese character meaning “(of a child) obedient, well-behaved.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 千 (structural) and 北 (structural). It ranks #2386 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- (of a child) obedient, well-behaved
- clever
- shrewd
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乖乖noun | guāi guāi | (of a child) well-behaved |
| 乖巧adjective | guāi qiǎo | clever (child) |
| 乖张adjective | guāi zhāng | recalcitrant |
| 乖戾adjective | guāi lì | perverse (behavior) |
| 卖乖verb | mài guāi | to show off one's cleverness |
| 乖僻adjective | guāi pì | peculiar |
| 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) |
| 得便宜卖乖 | dé pián yi mài guāi | to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise |
| 讨好卖乖 | tǎo hǎo mài guāi | to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom) |
| 时乖命蹇 | shí guāi mìng jiǎn | bad times, adverse fate (idiom) |
| 学乖 | xué guāi | to learn one's lesson the hard way |
| 乖觉adjective | guāi jué | perceptive |
| 乖离verb | guāi lí | to part |
| 乖乖女noun | guāi guāi nǚ | well-behaved girl |
| 乖顺 | guāi shùn | obedient (colloquial) |
乖 appears in 21 compound words: 62 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 5 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 乖 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
了解乖字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè guāi zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origin of the character "乖" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.
追累了，它抓抓痒，洗洗脸，最后乖乖趴下睡觉。
zhuī lěi le , tā zhuā zhuā yǎng , xǐ xǐ liǎn , zuì hòu guāi guāi pā xià shuì jué .
Tired from running around, it scratched itself, washed its face, and finally lay down quietly to sleep.
喜欢漫画的岩隈真子的父母只想她乖乖嫁人，不关心她的梦想。
xǐ huān màn huà de yán 隈 zhēn zǐ de fù mǔ zhī xiǎng tā guāi guāi jià rén , bù guān xīn tā de mèng xiǎng .
Mako Iwakuma, who loves manga, has parents who just want her to settle down and get married—they don’t care about her dreams.
...市场恐慌 专家揭“川式循环”:过一阵子就乖了
. . . shì chǎng kǒng huāng zhuān jiā jiē chuān shì xún huán : guò yī zhèn zǐ jiù guāi le
...Market Panic: Experts Explain the "Trump Cycle": Things Will Calm Down in a While
永丰投顾:指数逐渐消除与季线乖离 逢低买进机会显现
yǒng fēng tóu gù : zhǐ shǔ zhú jiān xiāo chú yǔ jì xiàn guāi lí féng dī mǎi jìn jī huì xiǎn xiàn
Yongfeng Investment Advisory: Indices Are Gradually Closing the Gap with the Quarterly Moving Average; Opportunities to Buy on Dips Are Emerging
瞄准WBC热潮 乖乖限量应援袋登场
miáo zhǔn W B C rè cháo guāi guāi xiàn liàng yīng yuán dài dēng chǎng
Aiming at the WBC craze, obediently limited support bags appeared
你一旦不做个乖孩子，圣诞老人就不会来噢。
Nǐ yīdàn bù zuò ge guāi háizi, Shèngdàn Lǎorén jiù bù huì lái o.
If you don't behave, Santa won't come.
Character Family
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