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鬼

HSK 7–9#1498 by frequencyradical 鬼

guǐ["n","a"]

ghost; disembodied spirit; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy

Examples

我不是鬼。

I'm not a ghost.

冲动是魔鬼。

Impulsiveness is the devil.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.