乖

乖 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+7, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹十中心 (HJLP), four-corner 2011₁, composition ⿻千北)

• 𰂓, 䂷 㔞 㪓 㾩 䓙 埀 乘 𢮿 𪬁 𣔪 𫏓 𨧰(𫟽) 𠝍 𣪜 𨛽 𡮓 𡇸 𨵞 𪞳 𡹁 𣒧 𫡙 𬠕

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 83, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 149
• Dae Jaweon: page 166, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 38, character 18
• Unihan data for U+4E56

乖

1. clever; alert
2. (usually of a child or animal) well-behaved; docile; obedient; nice; untroublesome

   你個仔真係好乖。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你个仔真系好乖。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ go³ zai² zan¹ hai⁶ hou² gwaai¹. [Jyutping]

   Your son is very well-behaved.

   唔好喊啦。乖～。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   m⁴ hou² haam³ laa¹. gwaai¹ ~. [Jyutping]

   Don't cry, OK? (talking to a child)

3. (literary, or in compounds) to violate; to rebel
4. (literary, or in compounds) to separate; to split
5. (literary, or in compounds) to break off; to cut off
6. (literary, or in compounds) difference; mistake
7. (literary, or in compounds) unnatural; strange

   乖戾  ―  guāilì  ―  perverse (of behaviour); disagreeable (of character)

8. (Sichuanese, Xiang) beautiful

• Unlike English obedient, 乖 is a positive compliment when used to describe a child. On the contrary, it is similarly disparaging when used for adults.

• (clever):

• (well-behaved):

• (to violate):

• (beautiful):

• (antonym(s) of “clever”):

• (antonym(s) of “well-behaved”): (Cantonese) 曳 (jai5)

• (well-behaved): 聽話／听话 (tīnghuà)

• “乖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿻千⿱卄一)

1. to diverge, to disobey, to go against

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kun: もとる (motoru, 乖る); そむく (somuku, 乖く)

乖 (eumhun 어그러질 괴 (eogeureojil goe))

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• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乖

乖: Hán Nôm readings: quai, quay

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