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乖巧 (guāi qiǎo): Obedient (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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2.

Character Breakdown

乖巧 consists of 2 characters.

obeident; well-behaved [child]

skillful, ingenious, clever

Word Info

Pinyinguāi qiǎo

MeaningObedient

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

SyntaxAdjective

Word乖巧

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3.

How to Use 乖巧 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 乖巧 with other words naturally.

Idiomwith听话

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

tīng听

huà话

neutralSpoken

well-behaved and obedient

Verb + Adjectivewith变得

biàn变

de得

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

Adverb + Adjectivewith十分

shí十

fēn分

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

Adjective + Nounwith孩子

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

de的

hái孩

zi子

4.

Example Sentences with 乖巧

zhè这

ge个

hái孩

zi子

hěn很

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

neutral

become well-behaved

neutral

very well-behaved

neutral

well-behaved child

。

This child is very well-behaved.

zài在

zhǎng长

bèi辈

miàn面

qián前

，

tā她

zǒng总

shì是

biǎo表

xiàn现

dé得

gé格

wài外

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

，

jǔ举

zhǐ止

dé得

tǐ体

。

In front of elders, she always behaves exceptionally obediently and appropriately.

nán难

dào道

nǐ你

rèn认

wéi为

，

jǐn仅

jǐn仅

biǎo表

xiàn现

dé得

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

jiù就

néng能

jiě解

jué决

suǒ所

yǒu有

wèn问

tí题

ma吗

？

Do you really think that merely acting obediently can solve all the problems?

tā她

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

dì地

zuò坐

zài在

yǐ椅

zi子

shàng上

tīng听

lǎo老

shī师

jiǎng讲

kè课

。

She sits obediently on the chair listening to the teacher's lecture.

tā他

biǎo表

miàn面

shàng上

kàn看

sì似

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

，

nèi内

xīn心

què却

yǒu有

zhe着

zì自

jǐ己

jiān坚

dìng定

de的

zhǔ主

jiàn见

。

He appears obedient on the surface, but deep down he holds his own firm opinions.

zhè这

hái孩

zi子

jīn今

tiān天

yì一

diǎn点

yě也

bù不

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

，

bǎ把

fáng房

jiān间

nòng弄

dé得

luàn乱

qī七

bā八

zāo糟

de的

。

The child was not obedient at all today and made a complete mess of the room.

xiǎo小

gǒu狗

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

dì地

gēn跟

zhe着

zhǔ主

rén人

，

cóng从

bù不

luàn乱

pǎo跑

。

The puppy follows its owner obediently and never runs around.

wǒ我

jiā家

māo猫

mī咪

píng平

shí时

hěn很

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

，

dàn但

yí一

kàn看

dào到

máo毛

xiàn线

qiú球

jiù就

xīng兴

fèn奋

dé得

bù不

xíng行

。

My cat is usually very obedient, but gets extremely excited the moment it sees a ball of yarn.