guǐ

HSK 5
common

Meaning of

鬼 means ghost; soul of deceased person; wicked person; bad guy. Pronounced guǐ. HSK 5.

  • ghost; soul of deceased person
  • wicked person; bad guy
  • sneaky; stealthy

Character Info

Radical
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Components
丿

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Lǎo
rén
men
shuō
zhè
zuò
lǎo
fáng
zi
yǒu
guǐ
 

The elders say there is a ghost in this old house.

xià
de
gǎn
zǒu
 
zǒng
jué
de
yǒu
guǐ
gēn
zhe
 

He was too scared to walk at night, always feeling a ghost was following him.

Zhōng
guó
chuán
tǒng
shén
huà
yǒu
hěn
duō
xíng
tài
de
guǐ
 

There are many ghosts of different forms in Chinese traditional myths.

Zhōng
yuán
jié
rén
men
huì
xiān
zhǔ
de
guǐ
 

On the Zhongyuan Festival, people will offer sacrifices to ancestors and homeless ghosts.

Kǒng
diàn
yǐng
de
guǐ
zào
xíng
cháng
cháng
hěn
xià
rén
 

Ghost designs in horror movies are often very scary.