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  gwaai1   jyutping
  guai1   pinyin
[1] (of children) well-behaved; obedient; tame
[2] clever; bright; quick-witted
[3] (literary verb) violate; go against; run counter to
[4] {of one's behaviour) abnormal; unreasonable; unusual (adjective)


Default PoS: adjective Additional PoS: verb
Stroke count: 7
Level: 3
Radical: 丿 (#4)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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This word has been viewed 26558 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Dec 2018 06:19

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detail  gwaai1 gwaai1  guai1 guai1 = darling; obedient
detail  gwaai1 neoi5*2   = daughter; a good/well-behaved/quiet girl
detail  gwaai1 gwaai1 dei6*2  guai1 guai1 de5 = well-behaved; like a dear; obediently
detail  gwaai1 zai2   = a good/well-behaved/quiet boy
detail  gwaai1 gwaai1 neoi5   = cute, darling girl; daughter
detail  gwaai1 gwaai1 zai2   = cute, darling boy; son
detail  gwaai1 zyu1   = small child; doll
detail  zeng1 gwaai1   = clever, quick witted
detail  zeng1 gwaai1 ling4 lei6   = intelligent and obedient
detail  gwaai1 haau2  guai1 qiao3 = clever; lovable; cute; well-behaved
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Showing all 2 examples containing 乖
detail audio 若果聖誕老人送禮畀你
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents.
detail 的話聖誕老公公不會禮物
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents!

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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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