诡 (詭) guǐ

  1. guǐ adjective to cheat; to deceive; to pretend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '詭' 2, p. 147; Unihan '詭')
  2. guǐ adjective sly; crafty
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 狡猾; for example, in the Warring States period text 孫子兵法 “Art of War” by Sunzi, section 1 (CC-CEDICT '詭'; reworded from tr. by Giles 1910, p. 6; Guoyu '詭' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '詭' 1, p. 147; Unihan '詭'; XHZD '诡' 1, p. 254)
  3. guǐ verb to flatter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '詭' 2a, p. 147)
  4. guǐ adjective unusual; anomolous; strange
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 奇异 (CC-CEDICT '詭'; Guoyu '詭' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '詭' 3, p. 147; XHZD '诡' 2, p. 254)
  5. guǐ adjective exceptional; extraordinary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '詭' 3a, p. 147)
  6. guǐ adjective to be contrary to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 违反; for example, 言行相诡 words and actions are contrary to each other (Guoyu '詭' v 2; Kroll 2015 '詭' 4, p. 147)
  7. guǐ verb to request
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 要求 (Guoyu '詭' v 1)

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