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

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kî-koài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵ guai³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ji-kua

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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/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ki² guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ kuaɪ⁵³/
• 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/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ji-kua
    • MiniDict: ji^去 kua
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jji-kua
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²² kua⁴⁴/

Adjective

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

• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 奇奇怪怪 (qíqíguàiguài)

 

Verb

奇怪

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

Noun

奇怪

1. (literary) unusual person or thing

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

奇(き)怪(かい) • (kikai) -na (adnominal 奇(き)怪(かい)な (kikai na), adverbial 奇(き)怪(かい)に (kikai ni))

1. strange, weird

   奇(き)怪(かい)な姿(すがた)

   kikai na sugata

   strange appearance

Noun

奇(き)怪(かい) • (kikai) 

1. 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)‎^[1]:

     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.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
奇	怪
Grade: S	Grade: S

Alternative spelling
奇っ怪

Attested from the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲik̚ka̠i]

Adjective

奇怪(きっかい) • (kikkai) ^{←きっくゎい (kikkwai)?}-na (adnominal 奇怪(きっかい)な (kikkai na), adverbial 奇怪(きっかい)に (kikkai ni))

1. unimaginable, extremely strange, very weird
2. (regional, Yamaguchi prefecture) synonym of 奇怪 (kikai, “strange”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
奇	怪

Noun

奇怪 • (gigoe) (hangeul 기괴)

1. Hanja form^? of 기괴.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
奇	怪

Adjective

奇怪

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