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鬼

guǐ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

鬼 (guǐ) means "disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (varian". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 鬼 means

1. disembodied spirit; ghost; devil
2. (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc
3. sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of {诡|guǐ})
4. one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy

Example sentences

• 我不是鬼。
  I'm not a ghost.
• 冲动是魔鬼。
  Chōngdòng shì móguǐ.
  Impulsiveness is the devil.
• 这房子闹鬼。
  Zhè fángzi nàoguǐ.
  The house is haunted.
• 我做了鬼脸。
  Wǒ zuò le guǐliǎn.
  I made a face.
• 他是个酒鬼。
  He's a lush.
• 吸血鬼喝血。
  Vampires drink blood.

Words starting with 鬼

• 鬼子guǐ zidevil (derog. term for foreign invaders)…
• 鬼脸guǐ liǎnwry face; to grimace; to pull a face
• 鬼魂guǐ húnghost
• 鬼神guǐ shénsupernatural beings
• 鬼话guǐ huàlie; false words; nonsense
• 鬼鬼祟祟guǐ guǐ suì suì(idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive
• 鬼混guǐ hùnto hang around; to fool around; to live aimlessly
• 鬼使神差guǐ shǐ shén chāidemons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural…
• 鬼怪guǐ guàihobgoblin; bogey; phantom
• 鬼魅guǐ mèidemon; evil spirit
• 鬼门关guǐ mén guānthe gates of hell
• 鬼火guǐ huǒwill-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
• 鬼斧神工guǐ fǔ shén gōngsupernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods; uncanny workmanship…
• 鬼叫guǐ jiào(colloquial) to holler; to squawk
• 鬼城guǐ chéngghost town
• 鬼屋guǐ wūhaunted house
• 鬼才guǐ cáicreative genius
• 鬼楼guǐ lóuhaunted house
• 鬼片guǐ piànghost movie
• 鬼牌guǐ páiJoker (playing card)
• 鬼针guǐ zhēnbeggarticks (genus Bidens)
• 鬼马guǐ mǎ(originally Cantonese) impish; playful; quirky; paper horse used in traditional funeral…
• 鬼名堂guǐ míng tangdirty trick; monkey business
• 鬼压床guǐ yā chuáng(colloquial) sleep paralysis

Words containing 鬼

• 胆小鬼dǎn xiǎo guǐcoward
• 魔鬼mó guǐdevil
• 小鬼xiǎo guǐlittle demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp
• 见鬼jiàn guǐabsurd; strange; (interj.) curse it!
• 酒鬼jiǔ guǐdrunkard
• 吸血鬼xī xuè guǐleech; bloodsucking vermin; vampire (translated European notion)
• 有鬼yǒu guǐ(fig.) to smell fishy
• 牛鬼蛇神niú guǐ shé shénevil monsters; (fig.) bad characters; (political) bad elements
• 洋鬼子yáng guǐ ziforeign devil; term of abuse for Westerners
• 醉鬼zuì guǐdrunkard
• 闹鬼nào guǐhaunted
• 死鬼sǐ guǐdevil (used jocularly or contemptuously); the departed
• 恶鬼è guǐevil spirit; devil
• 神不知鬼不觉shén bù zhī guǐ bù juétop secret; hush-hush
• 疑神疑鬼yí shén yí guǐto suspect everyone; overly suspicious
• 神出鬼没shén chū guǐ mò(lit.) to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)…
• 捣鬼dǎo guǐto play tricks; to cause mischief
• 做鬼zuò guǐto play tricks; to cheat; to get up to mischief
• 内鬼nèi guǐmole; spy; rat
• 李鬼Lǐ Guǐfalse hero (who pretends to be 李逵
• 烟鬼yān guǐheavy smoker; chain smoker
• 白鬼bái guǐ"white ghost", derogatory term for caucasians (Cantonese)
• 穷鬼qióng guǐ(vulgar) impoverished person; the poor
• 色鬼sè guǐlecher; pervert

Characters that look like 鬼

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

• 离líto leave; to part from; to be away from
• 莫mòdo not; there is none who
• 忽hūto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 觅mì(literary) to seek; to find
• 怠dàiidle; lazy; negligent
• 奚xī(literary) what?; where?; why?

Sounds the same

Read guǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 轨(bound form) rail; track; course; path
• 癸tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; tenth in order…
• 诡(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory…
• 晷sundial
• 簋ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles…
• 氿mountain spring
• 宄traitor
• 庋(literary) shelf; (literary) to store; to keep; to preserve
• 姽quiet and nice
• 佹(literary) perverse; unreasonable; (literary) eccentric; enigmatic; (literary) by chance…
• 垝(literary) dilapidated; collapsed; damaged
• 匦small box

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guǐ correctly.
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