(guǐ) - ghost, spirit; damn (intensifier) in Mandarin
guǐTraditional: 鬼
HSK 5
#687 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
ghost, spirit; damn (intensifier)
Word origin
A pictograph showing a large, strange head on a body, depicting a 'ghost' or 'spirit'. It also serves as a radical in characters relating to the supernatural.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- 鬼 (pictograph of a figure with a large strange head)
Stroke order
鬼
Examples
。
I don't believe in ghosts.
？
What the hell is going on?
。
There are ghosts in this story.
。
Small children are afraid of ghosts.
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 鬼.
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