出奇

Chinese edit

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)
simp. and trad. (出奇)		出	奇

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūqí

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ kei⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): ciit⁶ qi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhut-kî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūqí
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄑㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chucí
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chʻi²
  - Yale: chū-chí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchyi
  - Palladius: чуци (čuci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceot¹ kei⁴
  - Yale: chēut kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ kei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ kéi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ kʰei̯²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ciit⁶ qi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɨt̚⁵ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-kî
  - Tâi-lô: tshut-kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhutkii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ ki¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ ki²³/

Adjective edit

出奇

unusual; extraordinary
(Cantonese) surprising

Adverb edit

出奇

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) extremely; very; highly

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		甚, 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		很, 非常, 十分
Mandarin	Beijing	挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
	Taiwan	很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
	Tianjin	挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
	Jinan	挺, 楞
	Xi'an	很
	Wuhan	蠻, 很
	Chengdu	很, 好
	Chongqing	很
	Yangzhou	蠻, 稀, 很
	Hefei	很
	Malaysia	很
	Singapore	很, 蠻, 非常
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好, 非常之
	Hong Kong	好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	好
	Taishan	好, 十分之
	Yangjiang	好
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	好
	Singapore (Guangfu)	好, 非常之, 非常
Gan	Nanchang	蠻
Hakka	Meixian	好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
	Huidong (Daling)	好
	Wuhua (Meilin)	好
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頂
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	好
	Changting	野
	Wuping (Pingyu)	已, 刮
	Liancheng	樣
	Ninghua	好
	Ruijin	蠻
	Shicheng	蠻
	Shangyou (Shexi)	蠻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 已, 還
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蓋, 盡, 還
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 盡, 已, 還
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 已, 還
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 已, 還
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	足, 真, 實在
	Hong Kong	好
	Sabah (Bao'an)	好
	Kuching (Hepo)	很
	Singapore (Dabu)	好
Jin	Taiyuan	很, 挺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	盡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	野, 真
	Singapore (Fuqing)	真
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	真
Southern Min	Xiamen	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	真
	Quanzhou	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰
	Jinjiang	野
	Zhangzhou	盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔
	Zhao'an	很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
	Dongshan	真, 非常
	Taipei	真, 誠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	真, 誠
	Kaohsiung	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Yilan	有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
	Changhua (Lukang)	真, 誠
	Taichung	誠, 蓋, 足
	Tainan	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
	Hsinchu	真, 誠
	Kinmen	足, 誠
	Penghu (Magong)	真, 誠
	Penang (Hokkien)	真, 誠, 真正
	Singapore (Hokkien)	真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
	Manila (Hokkien)	野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠
	Chaozhou	過, 好, 非常, 死爸
	Shantou	過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
	Shantou (Chenghai)	好, 死絕
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 非常
	Jieyang	過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	好
	Singapore (Teochew)	真, 死爸, 非常
	Wenchang	極, 但顧, 真
	Haikou	但顧
	Qionghai	但顧, 真
	Singapore (Hainanese)	但顧, 真
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	好, 蠻
Wu	Shanghai	蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
	Suzhou	蠻, 窮
	Hangzhou	蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
	Ningbo	交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
	Zhoushan	交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
	Wenzhou	蠻, 蒙, 顯
Xiang	Changsha	很, 蠻
Xiang	Shuangfeng	蠻

Verb edit

出奇

(literary) to come up with a clever plan; to resort to an ingenious scheme

Derived terms edit

出奇制勝／出奇制胜 (chūqízhìshèng)