HSK 6 · Ideas

魔鬼 móguǐ “devil” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 魔鬼 means

  1. devil
  2. demon

How to say 魔鬼

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale魔mó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale鬼guǐ3rd tone, dipping

魔鬼 in a sentence

  1. 冲动是魔鬼。

    Chōngdòng shì móguǐ.

    Acting on impulse is the devil.

    Sentence #2615163 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 忧愁就像魔鬼一样，它伤害不了不害怕它的人。

    Yōuchóu jiù xiàng móguǐ yíyàng, tā shānghài bù liǎo bú hàipà tā de rén.

    Worries are like demons: they can’t hurt those who aren’t afraid of them.

    Sentence #2254316 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 魔鬼 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 魔 (mó) with each of its parts in a different colour
魔móevil spirit; devil
  • 麻hemp · máSound part
  • 鬼ghost · guǐMeaning part

鬼 hints at the meaning (ghost); 麻 (má) hints at the sound. Compare it with mó.

The character 鬼 (guǐ) drawn as one shape
鬼guǐdisembodied spirit; ghost; devil

鬼 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 魔鬼

魔 20 strokes · 鬼 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

魔鬼 (móguǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 魔鬼 (móguǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 魔鬼

Words with 魔

魔术móshù · magic

Words with 鬼

胆小鬼dǎnxiǎoguǐ · coward

More words: Ideas & Concepts

名次míngcì · ranking迷信míxìn · superstition摩擦mócā · friction模范mófàn · model模式móshì · pattern南辕北辙nányuánběizhé · to act in a way that defeats one’s purpose内涵nèihán · connotation凝聚níngjù · to condense

FAQs

魔鬼 (móguǐ) means “devil” or “demon”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it móguǐ: mó with a 2nd tone, then guǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 魔鬼 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mogui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 魔鬼 from the suggestions. Typing mogui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
魔鬼 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.