guāi zhāng

Traditional: 乖張

乖张 (guāi zhāng) is a Chinese word meaning “recalcitrant; unreasonable; peevish”.

Meanings

  1. 1recalcitrant
  2. 2unreasonable
  3. 3peevish

Characters in 乖张

乖guāi · (of a child) obedient, well-behaved张zhāng · to open up

Related words

张to open up张surname Zhang紧张nervous乖(of a child) obedient, well-behaved乖乖(of a child) well-behaved乖乖goodness gracious!夸张to exaggerate张开to open up开张to open a business主张to advocate伸张to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue)虚张声势(idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength

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