奇怪

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíguài

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ gwaai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-koai
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kî-koài

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵ guai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qíguài
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiguay
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ gwaai³
  - Yale: kèih gwaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ gwaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ guai³
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ kʷäːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-koai
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ guai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki² guai⁴
  - IPA: /kʰi¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
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
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuai²¹³/

Adjective

奇怪

odd; strange; surprising; unexpected

Synonyms

Synonyms of 奇怪

刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān) (literary)
古怪 (gǔguài)
奇幻 (qíhuàn)
奇異／奇异 (qíyì)
怪僻 (guàipì) (literary)
怪奇 (Min Nan)
怪死 (Min Nan)

怪異／怪异 (guàiyì)
有空 (yǒukòng) (Min Nan)
稀奇 (xīqí)
蹊蹺／蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
離奇／离奇 (líqí)
龜怪／龟怪 (Min Nan)

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

Noun

奇怪 (hiragana きかい, rōmaji kikai)

weirdness, strangeness
- 1948, Osamu Dazai, Ningen Shikkaku, [1]
  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.

References

Edition of Ningen Shikkaku in Aozora Bunko.

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