詭譎

詭譎

Chinese

		sly; crafty	deceitful
trad. (詭譎)		詭	譎
simp. (诡谲)		诡	谲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² kyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guǐjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeijyue
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕɥ̯œ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai² kyut³
    • Yale: gwái kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei² küd³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ kʰyːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠiuᴇ^X  kwet̚/▼

Rime
Character	詭	譎
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	屑 (88)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III	IV
Fanqie	過委切	古穴切
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

Adjective

詭譎

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

Derived terms

詭譎多變／诡谲多变 詭譎怪誕／诡谲怪诞

詭譎無行／诡谲无行

Noun

詭譎

1. (literary) crafty plot; machination