詭譎

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Chinese

sly; crafty deceitful
trad. (詭譎)
simp. (诡谲)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (14) (88)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter kjweX kwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiuᴇX/ /kwet̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷᵚiɛX/ /kʷet̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiuɛX/ /kuɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kjwiə̆X/ /kwɛt̚/
Li
Rong
/kjueX/ /kuet̚/
Wang
Li
/kǐweX/ /kiwet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kwie̯X/ /kiwet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guǐ jue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwai2 gyut3

Adjective

詭譎

  1. (literary) unusual; strange
  2. (literary) weird; whimsical; chimerical
  3. (literary) bizarre and changeable
  4. (literary) sly; treacherous

Derived terms

Noun

詭譎

  1. (literary) crafty plot; machination