乖乖
gwaai1 gwaai1guāi guaiguāi guāi
English
- (of a child) well-behaved
- goodness gracious!
- be good; well-behaved (spoken)
- obediently
- oh my lord!
- (term of endearment for a child) darling
- sweetie
- good; non-confrontational; well-behaved; usually quiet
- well-mannered; well-behaved; well-disciplined; baby-talk version of 乖 gwaai1
粵語 — Cantonese
- 表現良好、行為端正
- 行為良好、聽話；乖嘅BB話
Examples
乖乖女
good girl
乖乖仔
good boy
乖乖哋
obediently
乖乖豬
good boy / good girl
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk