賣乖

Chinese

		sell	(of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever
trad. (賣乖)		賣	乖
simp. (卖乖)		卖	乖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màiguāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄞ

• Gan (Wiktionary): mai⁵ 'guai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màiguāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màiguai
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-kuai¹
    • Yale: mài-gwāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayguai
    • Palladius: майгуай (majguaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mai⁵ 'guai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai¹¹ ˈkuai⁴²/

Verb

賣乖

1. to pretend to feel wronged
2. to be sharp but petty-minded; to show off one's cleverness