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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěijyué
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³-chüeh²
    • Yale: gwěi-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeijyue
    • Palladius: гуйцзюэ (gujczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai² kyut³
    • Yale: gwái kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei² küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ kʰyːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjweX kwet

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)	III	IV
Fanqie	過委切	古穴切
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/
Bernhard 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

• 詭譎多變 / 诡谲多变 (guǐjuéduōbiàn)
• 詭譎怪誕 / 诡谲怪诞
• 詭譎無行 / 诡谲无行

Noun

詭譎

1. (literary) crafty plot; machination