鬼
guǐ HSK5

ghost

鬼 guǐ
ghost noun
a disembodied spirit, ghost, or devil

这个世界上到底有没有鬼？

zhè gè shì​jiè shàng dào​dǐ yǒu méi​yǒu guǐ?

Are there actually ghosts in this world?

damn adjective
used as an intensifier or an attributive to express annoyance, surprise, or disdain, often similar to 'damn' or 'hell' in English
crafty adjective
sly, crafty, or resourceful (variant of 诡 guǐ)

那个人鬼得很，你千万要当心。

nà gè rén guǐ de hěn, nǐ qiān​wàn yào dāng​xīn.

That guy is very sneaky; you must be careful.

person suffix noun
a suffix used to denote a person with a specific vice, addiction, or personality trait

他每天都去酒吧，是个十足的酒鬼。

tā měi tiān dōu qù jiǔ​bā, shì gè shí​zú de jiǔ guǐ.

He goes to bars every day; he's a total alcoholic.

hidden agenda noun
a sinister plot, a secret scheme, or something dishonest or shameful that one wants to hide
constellation noun
one of the twenty-eight mansions (constellations) of ancient Chinese astronomy

在老师的指导下，同学们在夜空中辨认出了鬼宿。

zài lǎo​shī de zhǐ​dǎo xià, tóng​xué men zài yè​kōng zhōng biàn​rèn chū le Guǐ​xiù.

Under the teacher's guidance, the students identified the Ghost mansion in the night sky.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,042nd most common 149.4 per million
Movie subtitles
470th most common 312.7 per million appears in 61% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
125.3 per million appears in 31% of films
Written text
56.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+9B3C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)