gwai1 · gwai6 · kwai3

to return · to go back to · to give back to

2 Written Forms

Meanings

gwai1

  1. to return
  2. to go back to
  3. to give back to
  4. (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
  5. to belong to
  6. to gather together
  7. (used between two identical verbs) despite
  8. to marry (of a woman) (old)
  9. division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
  10. a surname
  11. to yield to
  12. to attribute to
  13. to give someone credit for
  14. to come to an end
  15. the return of something borrowed

gwai6

  1. an alternative form for 饋, to offer as a gift

kwai3

  1. an alternative form for 愧, ashamed

Written Forms

Traditional · Main Form
Alternate Form

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