奇怪

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	queer; to blame
simp. and trad. (奇怪)		奇	怪
anagram		怪奇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíguài

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ gwaai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-koai
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kî-koài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵ guai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíguài
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíguài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-kuai⁴
    • Yale: chí-gwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiguay
    • Palladius: цигуай (ciguaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ gwaai³
    • Yale: kèih gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ kʷaːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-koai
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ guai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki² guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-koài
    • Tâi-lô: kî-kuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'koaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² kuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ kuai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ kuai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki⁵ guai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khî kuài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuai²¹³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 奇怪

1. odd; strange; surprising; unexpected

   • 這上面的夜的天空，奇怪而高，我生平沒有見過這樣奇怪而高的天空。 [MSC, trad.]
     这上面的夜的天空，奇怪而高，我生平没有见过这样奇怪而高的天空。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1924, Lu Xun, “Autumn Night”, in Wild Grass (English translation by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang)

     Zhè shàngmiàn de yè de tiānkōng, qíguài ér gāo, wǒ shēngpíng méiyǒu jiànguo zhèyàng qíguài ér gāo de tiānkōng. [Pinyin]

     The night sky above them is strange and high. I have never seen such a strange, high sky.

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān) (literary)
• 古怪 (gǔguài)
• 各樣／各样 (gèyàng) (Eastern Min; Southern Min)
• 各鱉／各鳖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 奇巧 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 奇幻 (qíhuàn)
• 奇異／奇异 (qíyì)
• 巧奇 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 巧怪 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 怪 (guài)
• 怪僻 (guàipì) (literary)
• 怪奇 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 怪死 (Hokkien)
• 怪異／怪异 (guàiyì)
• 日怪 (reh⁴ guai³) (Jin)
• 有空 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 稀奇 (xīqí)
• 詭異／诡异 (guǐyì)
• 趣怪 (Hakka)
• 蹊蹺／蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
• 離奇／离奇 (líqí)
• 龜怪／龟怪 (Hokkien)

 

Verb

奇怪

1. to find odd, strange, surprising or unexpected; to be baffled about

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 奇怪

1. (literary) unusual person or thing

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
奇	怪
き Grade: S	かい Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

奇(き)怪(かい) • (kikai) 

1. weirdness, strangeness
   • 1948, Osamu Dazai, Ningen Shikkaku,

     もう一葉の写真は、最も奇怪なものである。

     もういちようのしゃしんは、もっともきかいなものである。

     mō ichiyōno shashinwa, mottomo kikaina mono desu.