Chinese symbol for “furtive”
鬼鬼祟祟
guǐ guǐ suì suì
(idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for furtive is 鬼鬼祟祟 (guǐ guǐ suì suì), defined as: (idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “furtive”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诡秘 (詭祕) | guǐ mì | secretive; furtive |
| 贼头贼脑 (賊頭賊腦) | zéi tóu zéi nǎo | lit. to behave like a thief; furtive |
| 鬼头鬼脑 (鬼頭鬼腦) | guǐ tóu guǐ nǎo | sneaky; furtive |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鬼鬼祟祟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 魔鬼 | mó guǐ | devil |
| 吸血鬼 | xī xuè guǐ | leech; bloodsucking vermin |
| 小鬼 | xiǎo guǐ | little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child |
| 鬼子 | guǐ zi | devil (derog. term for foreign invaders); (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931–1945) Jap; Nip |
| 有鬼 | yǒu guǐ | (fig.) to smell fishy |
| 鬼话 (鬼話) | guǐ huà | lie; false words |
| 作祟 | zuò suì | haunted; to haunt |
| 鬼祟 | guǐ suì | evil spirit; sneaky |
| 邪祟 | xié suì | evil spirit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “furtive”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.