乖
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(of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 丿 +7
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 乖
- Common rank
- #2,312
- Unicode
- U+4E56
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Words with 乖
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上一次当，学一次乖 | to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom); once bitten, twice shy | |
| 得便宜卖乖 | to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise; to claim to be hard done by, even though… | |
| 讨好卖乖 | to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom) | |
| 学乖 | to learn one's lesson the hard way | |
| 嘴乖 | (coll.) to speak in a clever and lovable way | |
| 乖离 | to part; to separate; to deviate | |
| 乖张 | recalcitrant; unreasonable; peevish | |
| 撒娇卖乖 | to behave ingratiatingly | |
| 乖顺 | obedient (colloquial) | |
| 卖乖 | to show off one's cleverness; (of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to … | |
| 时乖命蹇 | bad times, adverse fate (idiom) | |
| 乖乖女 | well-behaved girl; good girl | |
| 乖觉 | perceptive; alert; clever; shrewd | |
| 乖乖牌 | good little boy (or girl) | |
| 乖巧 | clever (child); smart; lovable; cute | |
| 乖乖 | (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie | |
| 乖乖 | goodness gracious!; oh my lord! | |
| 乖谬 | ridiculous; abnormal | |
| 乖僻 | peculiar; eccentric | |
| 乖戾 | perverse (behavior); disagreeable (character) |