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)

Contained in

• 奇诡(奇詭) strange; queer; intriguing
• 诡笑(詭笑) smirk; insincere smile
• 吊诡矜奇(弔詭矜奇) strange and paradoxical
• 诡计阴谋(詭計陰謀) to scheme and plot
• 诡计百出(詭計百出) full of tricks
• 诡诈(詭詐) sly; treacherous
• 诡辩术(詭辯術) specious arguments; sophistry
• 诡异(詭異) strange; weird
• 言行相诡(言行相詭) words and actions are contrary to each other
• 诡谲(詭譎) weird; cryptic; sly; treacherous; strange
• 阴谋诡计(陰謀詭計) crafty plots and machinations
• 吊诡(弔詭) bizarre; paradoxical ; a paradox
• 诡辩家(詭辯家) sophist; one who relies on specious arguments
• 诡祕(詭祕) secretive
• 诡辩(詭辯) specious arguments; sophistry
• 诡计多端(詭計多端) deceitful in many ways; wily and mischievous; full of craft and cunning
• 诡计(詭計) trick; ruse; crafty scheme
• 兵者诡道(兵者詭道) warfare is based on deception

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
• 卷三 玉英第四 精華第五　Scroll 3 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 9
• 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 8
• 《韓長孺列傳》 Biography of Han Changru Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 8
• 卷五十二 竇田灌韓傳 Volume 52: Dou, Tian, Guan and Han Book of Han 漢書 — count: 7
• 卷一百七十五 志第一百二十八 食貨上三 Volume 175 Treatises 128: Finance and Economics 1c History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
• 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 7
• 卷六十四 吳延史盧趙列傳 Volume 64: Biographies of Wu, Yan, Shi, Lu, Zhao Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 7
• 《梁孝王世家》 House of Prince Xiao of Liang Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 7
• 卷五十三 Scroll 53 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6

Collocations

• 公孙诡 (公孫詭) 公孫詭 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《梁孝王世家》 House of Prince Xiao of Liang — count: 16
• 诡辞 (詭辭) 詭辭而出 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 10
• 诡随 (詭隨) 無縱詭隨 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 9
• 诡遇 (詭遇) 為之詭遇 — Mencius 孟子, 滕文公下 Teng Wen Gong II — count: 8
• 纵诡 (縱詭) 無縱詭隨 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 7
• 愅诡 (愅詭) 愅詭唈僾而不能無時至焉 — Xunzi 荀子, 禮論篇第十九 Chapter 19: Discussion on Ceremony — count: 5
• 诡俗 (詭俗) 詭俗異禮 — Guanzi 管子, 法禁第十四 Chapter 14: Prohibition — count: 4
• 闻诡 (聞詭) 景帝遂聞詭 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《韓長孺列傳》 Biography of Han Changru — count: 4
• 激诡 (激詭) 所以激詭行生而取與妄矣 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十七 桓榮丁鴻列傳 Volume 37: Biographies of Huan Rong, Ding Hong — count: 3
• 诡其所 (詭其所) 是君子之所以為愅詭其所喜樂之文也 — Xunzi 荀子, 禮論篇第十九 Chapter 19: Discussion on Ceremony — count: 3