(guǐ) - ghost, spirit; damn (intensifier) in Mandarin

guǐ

Traditional: 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.

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Appears in 3 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 鬼.

见鬼jiàn guǐdamn it, what the hell 魔鬼mó guǐdevil, demon 吸血鬼xī xuè guǐvampire

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This word is part of lesson 14.