作怪

zuòguài
  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)

CEDICT

to do mischief; to make trouble

Wiktionary

  1. 作祟。
  2. 奇怪。
  3. 胡鬧。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 作 zuò
  1. to do; to engage in
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to pretend; to feign
  4. to regard as; to consider to be
  5. to be; to act the part of
  6. to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
  7. writings; works
=2 怪 guài
  1. bewildering
  2. odd
  3. strange
  4. uncanny
  5. devil
  6. monster
  7. to wonder at
  8. to blame
  9. quite
  10. rather
=2 怪 guài variant of 怪 guài

Containing this entry

興妖作怪 xīngyāozuòguài
  1. lit. to summon demons to create havoc (idiom)
  2. fig. to stir up all kinds of trouble
醜人多作怪 chǒurénduōzuòguài ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)

Related entries

搞鬼 gǎoguǐ
  1. to make mischief
  2. to play tricks
挑撥是非 tiǎobōshìfēi
  1. to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. to tell tales
  3. to make mischief
搬弄是非 bānnòngshìfēi
  1. to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. to tell tales
  3. to make mischief
奇 jī odd (number)
麦克叫他的狗波奇吗？

Does Mike call his dog Pochi?

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真怪 zhēnguài
  1. odd
  2. unusual
  3. I can't believe that ...
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