乖
guāi
Pinyin

Definition

乖
 - 
guāi
  1. (of a child) obedient, well-behaved
  2. clever
  3. shrewd
  4. alert
  5. perverse
  6. contrary to reason
  7. irregular
  8. abnormal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (9)

乖
guāi
  1. 1 (of a child) obedient, well-behaved
  2. 2 clever
  3. 3 shrewd
  4. 4 alert
  5. 5 perverse
  6. 6 contrary to reason
  7. 7 irregular
  8. 8 abnormal
乖乖
guāi guāi
  1. 1 (of a child) well-behaved
  2. 2 obediently
  3. 3 (term of endearment for a child) darling
  4. 4 sweetie
乖巧
guāi qiǎo
  1. 1 clever (child)
  2. 2 smart
  3. 3 lovable
  4. 4 cute
乖僻
guāi pì
  1. 1 peculiar
  2. 2 eccentric
乖张
guāi zhāng
  1. 1 recalcitrant
  2. 2 unreasonable
  3. 3 peevish

Idioms (3)

上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
时乖命蹇
shí guāi mìng jiǎn
  1. 1 bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
讨好卖乖
tǎo hǎo mài guāi
  1. 1 to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)

Sample Sentences

神仙也救不了你，你只能先乖乖和主管道歉了。
shénxiān yě jiù bùliǎo nǐ ，nǐ zhǐnéng xiān guāiguāi hé zhǔguǎn dàoqiàn le 。
Even god can't help you with that. You should just apologize to the manager.
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你问它你是人吗？它说：蛮接近了说：你不乖它说：你说酱就酱。谴责它你的服务很差它还会卖萌你真的那么想吗？
nǐ wèn tā nǐ shì rén ma ？tā shuō ：mán jiējìn le shuō ：nǐ bù guāi tā shuō ：nǐ shuō jiàngjiùjiàng 。qiǎnzé tā nǐ de fúwù hěnchà tā hái huì màiméng nǐ zhēnde nàme xiǎng ma ？
You ask it, "Are you human?" It says: "Quite close." and you say, "You are not good." It says: "If you say so, so be it." When you condemn it:"Your service is very poor," it will act cute and ask, "Do you really think so?"
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还没呢！每次讲到这个问题，他总跟我说他有的是钱，让我别担心生活，乖乖在家享清福就好，但偏偏我就是不想要。
hái méi ne ！měicì jiǎng dào zhège wèntí ，tā zǒng gēn wǒ shuō tā yǒudeshì qián ，ràng wǒ bié dānxīn shēnghuó ，guāi guāi zài jiā xiǎngqīngfú jiù hǎo ，dàn piānpiān wǒ jiùshì bù xiǎngyào 。
Not yet! Every time the issue comes up, he always says to me that the one thing he does have is money, and that I don’t need to worry about making a living, and that I should just enjoy a life of ease and comfort like a good girl, but I really don’t want that.
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还好，你孩子特别乖。
hái hǎo ，nǐ háizi tèbié guāi 。
So so, your kids are particularly well-behaved.
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乖乖，考了八次？吓死宝宝了，除了惊异于你契而不舍的毅力，你这花钱不手软的财力也是让人艳羡啊！诶，您老这么多闲钱不如投资投资我呗。
guāiguāi ，kǎo le bā cì ？hèsǐ bǎobao le ，chúle jīngyì yú nǐ qìérbùshě de yìlì ，nǐ zhè huāqián bù shǒuruǎn de cáilì yě shì ràngrén yànxiàn ā ！èi ，nín lǎo zhème duō xián qián bùrú tóuzī tóuzī wǒ bēi 。
Oh darling, you've taken the test eight times? How frightful! It's not only your unwavering persistence I'm taken aback by, but your wealth in throwing so much good money after bad is also astounding! Ah! If you have so much money lying around, why don't you just invest it instead.
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欸，乖！红包收起来！
ài ，guāi ！hóngbāo shōuqǐlái ！
Agh, good girl! Take this red envelope!
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欸，乖！这对金镯子妈给你戴上！
ài ，guāi ！zhè duì jīnzhuózi mā gěi nǐ dàishàng ！
Ah, good girl! I've got these two gold bracelets for you to wear!
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昨天台风假即使风雨不大，我还是乖乖待在家没有乱跑喔。
zuótiān táifēngjià jíshǐ fēng yǔ bùdà ，wǒ háishì guāiguāi dài zài jiā méiyǒu luàn pǎo ō 。
Even though the wind and the rain wasn't so strong on yesterday's typhoon day, I still stayed at home like a good little boy and didn't go gallivanting around.
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很乖。话说回来，最好的情况还是台风规模不要太猛烈，带来的伤害越小越好，大家都平安。
hěn guāi 。huàshuōhuílai ，zuìhǎo de qíngkuàng háishì táifēng guīmó bù yào tài měngliè ，dàilái de shānghài yuè xiǎoyuè hǎo ，dàjiā dōu píng ān 。
Good boy. Getting back to the topic though, it is best that typhoons aren't so violent, so that the damage they do is as minimal as possible, and everyone stays safe.
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乖，你也可以是拯救地球的环保先锋。
guāi ，nǐ yě kěyǐ shì zhěngjiù dìqiú de huánbǎo xiānfēng 。
Good boy, you can take the lead in saving the planet.
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