作怪 zuòguài to make trouble Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 作怪 zuò//guài to make trouble To stir up trouble; to act behind the scenes to cause problems or mischief. to cause mischief For a ghost or spirit to cause strange things to happen; to haunt. to misbehave To act up or fool around strange (Literary) odd or weird. to manifest (of an idea, emotion, etc.) to exert a negative influence; to act up or play a role in a situation to have sex (Euphemism) to have sexual intercourse Frequency Movie subtitles 1.40 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.02 per million Cross-References Synonym 捣蛋 dǎodàn搞怪 gǎoguài Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
作怪 zuò//guài to make trouble To stir up trouble; to act behind the scenes to cause problems or mischief. to cause mischief For a ghost or spirit to cause strange things to happen; to haunt. to misbehave To act up or fool around strange (Literary) odd or weird. to manifest (of an idea, emotion, etc.) to exert a negative influence; to act up or play a role in a situation to have sex (Euphemism) to have sexual intercourse Frequency Movie subtitles 1.40 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.02 per million Cross-References Synonym 捣蛋 dǎodàn搞怪 gǎoguài Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
