乖 [－]

Jyutping gwaai1
Pinyin guāi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (of a child) obedient, well-behaved
  2. clever
  3. shrewd
  4. alert
  5. perverse
  6. contrary to reason
  7. irregular
  8. abnormal
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    行為​良好​；​服從​指令​。
    well-behaved; obedient
    • 你乖，聽話唔好喊啦。
      你乖，听话唔好喊啦。
      nei5 gwaai1, teng1 waa6 m4 hou2 haam3 laa1.
      Being obedient, don't cry.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    to violate; to rebel
  2. character
    to break off; to cut off
  3. character, Sichuanese, Xiang
    beautiful
  4. character, of a child or animal, usually
    well-behaved; docile; obedient; nice; untroublesome
    • 你个仔真系好乖。
      你个仔真系好乖。
      nei5 go3 zai2 zan1 hai6 hou2 gwaai1.
      Your son is very well-behaved.
    • 唔好喊啦。乖～。
      唔好喊啦。乖～。
      m4 hou2 haam3 laa1. gwaai1 ~.
      Don't cry, OK?
  5. character
    difference; mistake
  6. character
    crafty; shrewd; wicked
  7. character
    to separate; to split
  8. character
    clever; alert
  9. character, obsolete
    ^† unnatural; strange
    • 乖戾
      乖戾
      guāi lì
      perverse (of behaviour); disagreeable (of character)
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. rebel
  2. crafty, shrewd
  3. Cangjie Input
    HJLP
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #1442
  2. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #298
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你一旦不做个乖孩子，圣诞老人就不会来噢。
    你一旦不做個乖孩子，聖誕老人就不會來噢。
    nǐ yī dàn bù zuò gè guāi hái zi ， shèng dàn lǎo rén jiù bù huì lái ō 。
    • If you don't behave, Santa won't come.
    • As soon as you start misbehaving, Father Christmas will not come to see you.
  2. Mandarin
    你今天乖吗？
    你今天乖嗎？
    nǐ jīn tiān guāi ma ？
    • Did you behave today?
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    你乖乖地，我实行锡晒你。
    你乖乖地，我實行錫晒你。
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    乖乖哋
    乖乖哋
    gwaai1 gwaai1 dei2
    • obediently
  2. Cantonese
    乖乖猪
    乖乖豬
    gwaai1 gwaai1 zyu1
    • good boy / good girl
  3. Cantonese
    你样样嘢都好好，人又nice，又乖女，心地好又主动帮人，但系……我放唔低我个ex。
    你樣樣嘢都好好，人又nice，又乖女，心地好又主動幫人，但係……我放唔低我個ex。
    nei5 joeng6 joeng6 je5 dou1 hou2 hou2, jan4 jau6 nais1, jau6 gwaai1 neoi2, sam1 dei2 hou2 jau6 zyu2 dung6 bong1 jan4, daan6 hai6... ngo5 fong3 m4 dai1 ngo5 go3 iks6.
    • I like everything about you. You're nice to people, you're a good girl, you're kind-hearted and like to help others. The problem is, I can't stop thinking about my ex.
  4. Cantonese
    埋嚟阿婆处啦，乖。
    埋嚟阿婆處啦，乖。
    maai4 lai4 aa3 po4 syu3 laa1, gwaai1.
    • Come to granny, sweetie.
  5. Cantonese
    你咁乖我就放心喇。
    你咁乖我就放心喇。
    nei5 gam3 gwaai1 ngo5 zau6 fong3 sam1 laa3.
    • You are so well-behaved that I am relieved.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    你个仔真系好乖。
    你个仔真系好乖。
    nei5 go3 zai2 zan1 hai6 hou2 gwaai1.
    • Your son is very well-behaved.
  2. Cantonese
    唔好喊啦。乖～。
    唔好喊啦。乖～。
    m4 hou2 haam3 laa1. gwaai1 ~.
    • Don't cry, OK?
  3. Mandarin
    乖戾
    乖戾
    guāi lì
    • perverse (of behaviour); disagreeable (of character)
  4. Cantonese
    你乖乖地坐喺度喇吓。
    你乖乖地坐喺度喇吓。
    nei5 gwaai1 gwaai1 dei2 co5 hai2 dou6 laa3 haa2.
    • Sit here and behave, OK?
  5. Mandarin
    好孩子，乖，听话，啊！别哭了，啊！
    好孩子，乖，聽話，啊！別哭了，啊！
    hǎo hái zi ， guāi ， tīng huà ， ā ！ bié kū le ， ā ！
    • Good boy, be good, be obedient okay?! Don't cry okay?!