诡 guǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 危 dangerous, precarious
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
诡计
guǐjì
trick; scheme
Characters in this word
计 jì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 十 ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 对方试图用拖延谈判的诡计换取时间，但代表团没有上当。 Duìfāng shìtú yòng tuōyán tánpàn de guǐjì huànqǔ shíjiān, dàn dàibiǎotuán méi yǒu shàngdàng. The other side tried to buy time with the trick of delaying negotiations, but the delegation did not fall for it.
- 狐狸想出一个诡计，骗乌鸦张开了嘴。 Húli xiǎng chū yí ge guǐjì, piàn wūyā zhāngkāi le zuǐ. The fox came up with a trick to fool the crow into opening its mouth.
- 他的诡计被大家看穿了。 Tā de guǐjì bèi dàjiā kànchuān le. Everyone saw through his scheme.