鬼 (guǐ): disembodied spirit, ghost, devil, (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc, sly, crafty, resourceful (variant of 詭|诡)
鬼 (guǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “disembodied spirit.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 乚 (structural) and 厶 (structural). It ranks #1041 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 鬼 a ghost with a scary face. Its radical form 鬼 (ghost) appears in many related characters such as 魁 (kuí, chief), 魂 (hún, soul), 魄 (pò, (literary) soul).
Definitions
- disembodied spirit
- ghost
- devil
- (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc
- sly
- crafty
- resourceful (variant of 詭|诡)
Etymology & Origin
pictographicA ghost with a scary face
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 见鬼verb | jiàn guǐ | absurd |
| 吸血鬼noun | xī xuè guǐ | leech |
| 魔鬼noun | mó guǐ | devil |
| 鬼魂noun | guǐ hún | ghost |
| 胆小鬼noun | dǎn xiǎo guǐ | coward |
| 小鬼noun | xiǎo guǐ | little demon (term of endearment for a child) |
| 酒鬼noun | jiǔ guǐ | drunkard |
| 鬼混verb | guǐ hùn | to hang around |
| 鬼话noun | guǐ huà | lie |
| 鬼鬼祟祟 | guǐ guǐ suì suì | (idiom) sneaky |
| 闹鬼verb | nào guǐ | haunted |
| 醉鬼noun | zuì guǐ | drunkard |
| 有鬼 | yǒu guǐ | (fig.) to smell fishy |
| 色鬼noun | sè guǐ | lecher |
| 搞鬼verb | gǎo guǐ | to make mischief |
鬼 appears in 101 compound words: 45 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 6 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 鬼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (18)
wandering soul that is unable to reincarnate; one who is in difficult circumstances and has nobody to lean on
superlative craftsmanship; supernaturally fine craft (as if done by the spirits)
to be possessed by a spirit and lose one's thinking ability; to be (unreasonably) obsessed with something
lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too; an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom)
demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation; curious coincidence
all sorts of bad things, especially people; cow demons and snake spirits
(lit.) to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom); (fig.) elusive
wandering soul that is unable to reincarnate; one who is in difficult circumstances and has nobody to lean on
superlative craftsmanship; supernaturally fine craft (as if done by the spirits)
to be possessed by a spirit and lose one's thinking ability; to be (unreasonably) obsessed with something
lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too; an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom)
demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation; curious coincidence
all sorts of bad things, especially people; cow demons and snake spirits
(lit.) to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom); (fig.) elusive
Showing 12 of 18 idioms containing 鬼.
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了鬼字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le guǐ zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "ghost" in the dictionary.
5双话题鞋款!TWICE Momo穿鬼冢虎流苏款太犯规、小CK亚洲限定超难抢
5 shuāng huà tí xié kuǎn ! T W I C E M o m o chuān guǐ 冢 hǔ liú sū kuǎn tài fàn guī , xiǎo C K yà zhōu xiàn dìng chāo nán qiǎng
5 pairs of topical shoes! TWICE Momo wears Onizuka Tiger tassels too foul, and the small CK Asia limited is super difficult to grab
...ORPG‘新・天上碑’二次神器装备“天神鬼月”実装! - PR TIMES
. . . O R P G xīn tiān shàng bēi èr cì shén qì zhuāng bèi tiān shén guǐ yuè 実 zhuāng ! P R T I M E S
... ORPG 'New Heavenly Monument' Secondary Artifact Equipment "Tenjin Demon Moon" is now available! - PR TIMES
...ORPG‘新・天上碑’二次神器装备“天神鬼月”実装!
. . . O R P G xīn tiān shàng bēi èr cì shén qì zhuāng bèi tiān shén guǐ yuè 実 zhuāng !
... ORPG 'New Heavenly Monument' Secondary Artifact Equipment "Tenjin Demon Moon" is now available!
MLB》邓恺威鬼神初登板飙2K! 大都会334.6亿三连...
M L B dèng 恺 wēi guǐ shén chū dēng bǎn biāo 2 K ! dà dōu huì 3 3 4 . 6 yì sān lián . . .
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鬼迷心窍要当心!3星座马年容易上当...狮...
guǐ mí xīn qiào yāo dāng xīn ! 3 xīng zuò mǎ nián róng yì shàng dāng . . . shī . . .
Be careful! 3 zodiac signs are easy to be fooled in the Year of the Horse... The lion...
我在给魔鬼当辩护士。
Wǒ zài gěi móguǐ dāng biànhùshì.
I'm just playing the devil's advocate.
这人把灵魂卖给魔鬼。
Zhè rén bǎ línghún mài gěi móguǐ.
The man sold his soul to the devil.
地狱空空荡荡，魔鬼都在人间。
Dìyù kōngkōng-dàngdàng, móguǐ dōu zài rénjiān.
Hell is empty, and all the devils are here!
小孩和酒鬼不撒谎。
Xiǎohái hé jiǔguǐ bù sāhuǎng.
Children and drunks don't lie.
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