Chinese words starting with “guai”
9 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable guai. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first.
Initial g · final uai · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 2
- 3rd tone 3
- 4th tone 4
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
All 9 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 怪 | guài | v,a,d | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 2 | 乖 | guāi | a | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 3 | 怪物 | guài wu | n | monster; freak; eccentric person | |
| 4 | 拐 | guǎi | v,g | to turn (a corner etc); to kidnap; to swindle; to misappropriate; seven (used as a substitute for 七); variant of 拐 | |
| 5 | 怪不得 | guài bu de | d | no wonder!; so that's why! | |
| 6 | 怪异 | guài yì | a,an | monstrous; strange; strange phenomenon | |
| 7 | 拐杖 | guǎi zhàng | n | crutches; crutch; walking stick | |
| 8 | 拐弯 | guǎi wān | v,n,vn | to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction | |
| 9 | 乖巧 | guāi qiǎo | a | clever (child); smart; lovable; cute |
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