乖 gwaai1 VS 怪 gwaai3

The confusing topic today is “well behaved” 乖 gwaai1 and “weird” 怪 gwaai3. The only difference between the two in terms of pronunciation are the tones. Let’s revisit the tone chart:

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Example

乖 gwaai1

• Good boy (son) 乖仔 gwaai1 zai2
• Good girl (daughter) 乖女gwaai1 neoi5

怪 gwaai3

• Monster 怪獸 gwaai3 sau3
• Frankenstein 科學怪人 fo1 hok6 gwaai3 jan4