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guǐ

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guǐ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
guǐ | gui3
English translation
to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous

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About guǐ

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

guǐ

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of guǐ

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠危

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

Wēi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and Wēi represents the sound. Simplified form of guǐ .

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Example sentences using guǐ

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yāo bèi de 任何 rènhé 诡计 guǐ jì suǒ piàn .

Don't be fooled by any of her cunning tricks.

yòng 诡计 guǐ jì Cóng 他们 tā men 手中 piàn le 所有 suǒyǒu de Qián .

By craft he got all their money from them.

诺思布里奇 shì 头脑冷静诡计多端 guǐ jì duō duān 阴险 yīn xiǎn 狡诈 jiǎo zhà de 罪犯 zuìfàn 可能 kěnéng 还会犯案 fàn àn

Northbridge is a cool, calculating and clever criminal who could strike again.

国务卿 guó wù qīng bèi 那些 nà xiē 诡辩 guǐ biàn 之词 gěi 说服 shuōfú le

The Secretary of State has given in to special pleading.

shì Shuǎ 阴谋诡计 yīn móu guǐ jì de xiǎo 魔鬼 móguǐ duì 不对 bù duì

You're a scheming little devil, aren't you?

Words with guǐ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
诡异 guǐ yì strange詭異
诡计 guǐ jì trick詭計
guǐ sly guǐ
诡秘 guǐ mì secretive詭祕
阴谋诡计 yīn móu guǐ jì crafty plots and machinations (idiom)陰謀詭計
诡计多端 guǐ jì duō duān full of craft and cunning詭計多端
诡辩 guǐ biàn sophistry詭辯
诡谲 guǐ jué weird詭譎
诡诈 guǐ zhà sly詭詐
奇诡 qí guǐ strange奇詭
诡笑 guǐ xiào smirk詭笑

guǐ Decomposition & Compounds

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