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作怪

zuò guài

B2 Level 6
Intransitive verb

作怪 (zuò guài) is a Chinese word meaning “(of a ghost) to make strange things happen”. It sits at TOCFL Level 6 (CEFR B2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. (of a ghost) to make strange things happen
  2. to act up
  3. to act behind the scenes
  4. to make mischief
  5. odd
  6. to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).