奇怪
Chinese edit
strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num) |
queer; to blame | ||
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simp. and trad. (奇怪) |
奇 | 怪 | |
anagram | 怪奇 |
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
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.]
- 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.
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.]
Synonyms edit
- 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 edit
- 奇奇怪怪 (qíqíguàiguài)
Verb edit
奇怪
- to find odd, strange, surprising or unexpected; to be baffled about
Noun edit
奇怪
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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奇 | 怪 |
き Grade: S |
かい Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
奇怪 • (kikai) -na (adnominal 奇怪な (kikai na), adverbial 奇怪に (kikai ni))
Noun edit
- weirdness, strangeness
- 1948, 太宰治 [Dazai Osamu], 人間失格 (Ningen shikkaku)[1]:
- もう一葉の写真は、最も奇怪なものである。
- Mō ichiyō no shashin wa, mottomo kikai na mono de aru.
- The remaining photograph is the most monstrous of all.[2]
- もう一葉の写真は、最も奇怪なものである。
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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奇 | 怪 |
Grade: S | Grade: S |
Alternative spelling |
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奇っ怪 |
Attested from the 17th century.[3]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
奇怪 • (kikkai) ←きっくゎい (kikkwai)?-na (adnominal 奇怪な (kikkai na), adverbial 奇怪に (kikkai ni))
- unimaginable, extremely strange, very weird
- (regional, Yamaguchi prefecture) synonym of 奇怪 (kikai, “strange”)
References edit
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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奇 | 怪 |
Noun edit
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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奇 | 怪 |
Adjective edit
奇怪