作怪

Traditional form:

作怪

Pinyin (reading):

zuòguài

Definitions:

• (of a ghost) to make strange things happen
• to act up
• to act behind the scenes
• to make mischief
• odd
• to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)

Characters:

• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 怪 - unusual, strange, peculiar

Traditional characters:

• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 怪 - unusual, strange, peculiar