Chinese Word: 诡 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

诡 (Trad.: 詭)

Pinyin: guǐ

English Definition: sly; crafty; weird; bizarre; contradictory; inconsistent

Chinese Definition:
①欺诈，奸滑：诡称。诡道。诡诈。诡辩(ａ．无理强辩；b．逻辑学上指似是而非的论证，如“诡诡论”)。
②怪异，出乎寻常：诡异。诡怪。诡秘(隐秘难测)。诡谲。
③责成：诡求(责求，索讨，如“诡诡无已”)。
④违反：言行相诡。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 言

Pictophonetic:危 indicates the sound; 讠 (speech) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 讠 [ yán ] words, speech; to speak, to say
- 危 [ wēi ] dangerous, precarious; high

Similar Characters: 恑跪桅脆

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诡秘	guǐ mì	secretive; furtive; surreptitious
诡计	guǐ jì	trick; ruse; crafty scheme
诡谲	guǐ jué	weird; sly; treacherous
诡辩	guǐ biàn	specious arguments; sophistry
阴谋诡计	yīn móu guǐ jì	crafty plots and machinations (idiom)

1		zài 在 wǒ 我 kàn lai 看来， tā men 它们 rú cǐ 如此 guǐ yì 诡异 de 地 xiāng sì 相似。 They look uncannily similar to me.
2		dàn shì 但是 duì yú 对于 wǒ 我 ér yán 而言， zhuān yè huà 专业化 shì 是 gè 个 diào guǐ 吊诡 de 的 míng cí 名词。 But it was often unclear to me what the word professionalism meant.
3		bié 别 tóng 同 tā 他 guǐ 诡 biàn 辨 la 啦， jì xù zuò 继续做 nǐ 你 yǎn qián 眼前 de 的 gōng zuò 工作 ba 吧！ Don't chop logic with him, get on with the work in front of you.
4		tā 她 lù chū 露出 yī 一 sī 丝 guǐ xiào 诡笑， wǒ 我 zhī dào 知道 tā 她 shì yīn wèi 是因为 wǒ 我 shī bài 失败 le 了 ér 而 gǎn dào 感到 gāo xìng 高兴。 She smirked and I could tell she was happy that I had failed.
5		kǎ pèi luó 卡佩罗 duì 对 chuān zhuó 穿着 shèn wéi 甚为 tiāo ti 挑剔， dàn 但 tā 他 qiáo bù qǐ 瞧不起 fān 翻 kǒu 口 duǎn wà 短袜 què 却 zhuó shí 着实 diào guǐ 吊诡。 Fabio Capello is fastidious about what he wears but his contempt for the ankle sock is strange.

1		zài 在 wǒ 我 kàn lai 看来， tā men 它们 rú cǐ 如此 guǐ yì 诡异 de 地 xiāng sì 相似。 They look uncannily similar to me.
2		dàn shì 但是 duì yú 对于 wǒ 我 ér yán 而言， zhuān yè huà 专业化 shì 是 gè 个 diào guǐ 吊诡 de 的 míng cí 名词。 But it was often unclear to me what the word professionalism meant.
3		bié 别 tóng 同 tā 他 guǐ 诡 biàn 辨 la 啦， jì xù zuò 继续做 nǐ 你 yǎn qián 眼前 de 的 gōng zuò 工作 ba 吧！ Don't chop logic with him, get on with the work in front of you.
4		tā 她 lù chū 露出 yī 一 sī 丝 guǐ xiào 诡笑， wǒ 我 zhī dào 知道 tā 她 shì yīn wèi 是因为 wǒ 我 shī bài 失败 le 了 ér 而 gǎn dào 感到 gāo xìng 高兴。 She smirked and I could tell she was happy that I had failed.
5		kǎ pèi luó 卡佩罗 duì 对 chuān zhuó 穿着 shèn wéi 甚为 tiāo ti 挑剔， dàn 但 tā 他 qiáo bù qǐ 瞧不起 fān 翻 kǒu 口 duǎn wà 短袜 què 却 zhuó shí 着实 diào guǐ 吊诡。 Fabio Capello is fastidious about what he wears but his contempt for the ankle sock is strange.