guǐ

disembodied spirit; ghost; devil

(suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy

a picture of 鬼 → a ghost with a monstrous head

The ancient form showed a large, grotesque head atop a crouching body — the exaggerated face marking it as something inhuman. Over time it became the catch-all word for spirits, demons, and the slyly clever.

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孩子们都害怕黑暗里有

hái zi men dōu hài pà hēi àn lǐ yǒu guǐ。

The children are all afraid that there are ghosts in the dark.

他从小就是个小机灵,什么事都瞒不过他。

tā cóng xiǎo jiù shì gè xiǎo jī líng guǐ,shén me shì dōu mán bù guò tā。

He has been a crafty little devil since childhood; nothing can be hidden from him.

Words with 鬼

酒鬼

jiǔ guǐ

drunkard

酒鬼酒

jiǔ guǐ jiǔ

Jiugui Liquor, liquor company from 吉首[Ji2 shou3]

醉鬼

zuì guǐ

drunkard

阎王好见,小鬼难当

yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng

lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)

雷鬼

léi guǐ

(loanword) reggae

食尸鬼

shí shī guǐ

ghoul

饿鬼

è guǐ

sb who is always hungry

馋鬼

chán guǐ

glutton; greedy pig

驱魔赶鬼

qū mó gǎn guǐ

to exorcise

闹鬼

nào guǐ

haunted

鬼佬

guǐ lǎo

foreigner (Cantonese)

鬼使神差

guǐ shǐ shén chāi

demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation

More characters with 乚

乿