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quỷ quái

Pronunciation Northern /kwḭ˧˩˧ kwaːj˧˥/ Central /kwi˧˩˨ kwa̰ːj˩˧/ Southern /wi˨˩˦ waːj˧˥/
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mischievous
Adjective
mischievous

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Adjective
mischievous

Behaving in a way that is slightly bad or intended to cause trouble but is often playful or not meant to be harmful.

vi Đứa trẻ quỷ quái thường hay bày trò đùa nghịch để trêu chọc bạn bè.

en The mischievous child often plays pranks to tease friends.

Parts
quỷ / quái / 鬼拐
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
鬼拐
Candidates by syllable
quỷ 鬼 quái 拐(卦)
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
bậy bạ / nghịch ngợm / tinh nghịch / tinh quái …
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Use
ác quỷ / ma quỷ / quỷ tha ma bắt / quỷ vương …
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