Chinese symbol for “playful”
鬼马
guǐ mǎ
Traditional: 鬼馬
(originally Cantonese) impish; playful; quirky; paper horse used in traditional funeral rites
The closest CC-CEDICT match for playful is 鬼马 (guǐ mǎ), defined as: (originally Cantonese) impish; playful; quirky; paper horse used in traditional funeral rites.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “playful”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鬼马.
| 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 |
| 马上 (馬上) | mǎ shàng | at once; right away |
| 马克 (馬克) | mǎ kè | mark (monetary unit) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “playful”.
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.