奇奇怪怪

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	queer; to blame	queer; to blame
simp. and trad. (奇奇怪怪)		奇	奇	怪	怪
AABB-type reduplication of 奇怪 (qíguài).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíqíguàiguài

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ kei⁴ gwaai³ gwaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíqíguàiguài
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cícíguàiguài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-chʻi²-kuai⁴-kuai⁴
    • Yale: chí-chí-gwài-gwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyichyiguayguay
    • Palladius: цицигуайгуай (ciciguajguaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ kei⁴ gwaai³ gwaai³
    • Yale: kèih kèih gwaai gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ kei⁴ gwaai³ gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ kéi⁴ guai³ guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹ kʷaːi̯³³ kʷaːi̯³³/

Adjective

奇奇怪怪

1. strange; weird; bizarre

   • 不要搞奇奇怪怪的建築。 [MSC, trad.]
     不要搞奇奇怪怪的建筑。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2014, Xi Jinping on a symposium on literary and artistic work

     Bùyào gǎo qíqíguàiguài de jiànzhù. [Pinyin]

     No more bizarre buildings.