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傀

guī

Character

What 傀 means

1. grand
2. strange; exotic

Other readings

傀 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kuǐused in {傀儡|kuǐ lěi}

Example sentences

• 在20世纪期间，满洲国是一个傀儡国家。
  Zài 20 shìjì qījiān, Mǎnzhōuguó shì yī gè kuǐlěi guójiā.
  During the 20th century, Manchukuo was a puppet state.

Words starting with 傀

• 傀儡kuǐ lěi(lit. and fig.) puppet
• 傀儡戏kuǐ lěi xìpuppet show
• 傀儡政权kuǐ lěi zhèng quánpuppet state; puppet regime

Characters built on 鬼

These share the phonetic component 鬼 (guǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 瑰guī(semiprecious stone); extraordinary
• 愧kuìashamed
• 魁kuíchief; head; outstanding

Characters that look like 傀

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 值zhívalue; (to be) worth; to happen to
• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 逸yì(bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 愧kuìashamed
• 倪ní(literary) small child; (literary) limit; bound; extremity; (literary) to differentiate
• 愠yùnindignant; feel hurt

Sounds the same

Read guī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 规compass; a rule; regulation
• 归to return; to go back to; to give back to
• 龟tortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold
• 瑰(semiprecious stone); extraordinary
• 圭jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility…
• 硅silicon (chemistry)
• 闺small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 沩name of a river in Shanxi
• 皈to comply with; to follow
• 鲑trout; salmon
• 槻zelkova tree
• 巂cuckoo; revolution of a wheel