稀奇

Chinese

		diluted; sparse	strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)
simp. and trad. (稀奇)		稀	奇
alternative forms		希奇 obsolete

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ kei⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hî-khì
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi-kî
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shi-ji; ¹shi ⁶ji

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sicí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-chʻi²
    • Yale: syī-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shichyi
    • Palladius: сици (sici)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei¹ kei⁴
    • Yale: hēi kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 希奇 稀奇

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hî-khì
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi´ kiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi¹ ki²
    • Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴ kʰi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-kî
    • Tâi-lô: hi-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hi'kii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² ki¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-ji; ¹shi ⁶ji
    • MiniDict: shi^平 ji; shi^平 ji^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-jji; ¹xi ³jji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ d͡ʑi²¹/, /ɕi⁴⁴  d͡ʑi²³/

Adjective

稀奇

1. unusual; extraordinary; strange

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)
• 奇怪 (qíguài)
• 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)
• 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

• 七十瓦上霜，八十不稀奇 (qīshí wǎ shàng shuāng, bāshí bù xīqí)

 

Related terms

• 稀罕 (xīhan)