guai

General chinese:

pinyin:

guāi

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definitions

adjective

  1. well-behaved; good; obedient
  2. Ming Lee was always seen as the guai kid sitting quietly in the back of the class. Who would have guessed she’d grow up into the Lianest of Ah Lians?


usage notes

Can be used as an adverb by adding the English suffix -ly, or by reduplication into guai guai.


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