Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- guāi
English
- rebel
- (of a child) obedient, well-behaved
- crafty, shrewd
- clever
- shrewd
- alert
- perverse
- contrary to reason
- irregular
- abnormal
- well-behaved; obedient
粵語
- 行為良好；服從指令。
As a component in
Words containing 乖
- 乖乖gwaai1 gwaai1
(of a child) well-behaved
- 乖乖gwaai1 gwaai1
(of a child) well-behaved
- 乖巧gwaai1 haau2
clever (child)
- 精乖zeng1 gwaai1
clever and obedient
- 口乖hau2 gwaai1
one who is good at saying pleasing words
- 乖豬gwaai1 zyu1
lit. good pig, used when we are telling a close one (children or lover) that they are behaving well
- 嘴乖zeoi2 gwaai1
(coll.) to speak in a clever and lovable way
- 乖順gwaai1 seon6
obedient (colloquial)
- 賣口乖maai6 hau2 gwaai1
to pay lip service
- 乖乖女gwaai1 gwaai1 neoi5
well-behaved girl; good girl
- 乖乖女gwaai1 gwaai1 neoi5
well-behaved girl; good girl
- 乖戾gwaai1 leoi6
perverse (behavior)
- 乖僻gwaai1 pik1
peculiar
- 乖忤gwaai1 ng5
stubborn
- 學乖hok6 gwaai1
to learn one's lesson the hard way
- 乖女gwaai1 neoi5
good girl
- 賣乖maai6 gwaai1
to show off one's cleverness
- 乖張gwaai1 zoeng1
recalcitrant
- 乖仔gwaai1 zai2
good or well-behaved boy
- 乖覺gwaai1 gok3
perceptive
- 乖离gwaai1 lei4
to part
- 乖乖地gwaai1 gwaai1 dei6*2
obediently [written and colloquial]
- 乖乖地gwaai1 gwaai1 dei6*2
obediently [written and colloquial]
- 乖謬gwaai1 mau6
ridiculous