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

(Meixian, Guangdong): ki² guai⁴
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kî-koài

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵ guai³
Wu (Wiktionary): ³jji-kua

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 kwaɪ̯⁵¹/
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/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ki² guai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /cʰi¹¹ kuaɪ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (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/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ³jji-kua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥͡ʑi²² kɯa̱⁴⁴/

Adjective

奇怪

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

Synonyms of 奇怪

古怪 (gǔguài)
奇巧 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
奇幻 (qíhuàn)
巧奇 (Xiamen Hokkien)
巧怪 (Xiamen Hokkien)
怪僻 (guàipì) (literary)
怪奇 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
怪死 (Min Nan)
日怪 (Jin)
有空 (Min Nan)

稀奇 (xīqí)
趣怪 (Hakka)
刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān) (literary)
各鱉／各鳖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
奇異／奇异 (qíyì)
怪異／怪异 (guàiyì)
詭異／诡异 (guǐyì)
蹊蹺／蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
離奇／离奇 (líqí)
龜怪／龟怪 (Min Nan)

Derived terms

奇奇怪怪 (qíqíguàiguài)

Verb

奇怪

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

Noun

奇怪

(literary) unusual person or thing

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きかい [kìkáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) きかい [kìkáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲika̠i]

Noun

奇(き)怪(かい) • (kikai)

weirdness, strangeness
- 1948, 太宰治(だざいおさむ) [Dazai Osamu], 人間失格(にんげんしっかく) (Ningen shikkaku) [No Longer Human]‎:
  
  もう一(いち)葉(よう)の写(しゃ)真(しん)は、最(もっと)も奇(き)怪(かい)なものである。
  Mō ichiyō no shashin wa, mottomo kikai na mono de aru.
  The remaining photograph is the most monstrous of all.[2]

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Donald Keene, transl.,(1958) No Longer Human, page 15

Korean

Hanja in this term
奇	怪

Noun

奇怪 • (gigoe) (hangeul 기괴)

Hanja form^? of 기괴.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
奇	怪

Adjective

奇怪

chữ Hán form of kỳ quái (“weird; bizarre”).

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