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佹

Mandarin · pinyin guǐ

(literary) perverse; unreasonable
(literary) eccentric; enigmatic
(literary) by chance; all of a sudden

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character · Etymology 1

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to conflict
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) overlapping; to be accumulated
(literary) alternative form of 詭 /诡 (guǐ, “strange; deceitful”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 佹侘 (guǐchà)

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 佹佹 (“almost; nearly”)
(literary) suddenly, sometimes; (usually in the 佹……佹 construction) now … now

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