quái
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 怪
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
(classifier con) quái
Synonyms edit
- (freak): quái vật
Adjective edit
quái
- (informal) strange; odd; weird; bizarre, freakish
- Cái quái gì vậy?
- The hell is that?
- Sao có chuyện quái thế?
- Why is there such a freakish story?
- mischievous, sly
- nghịch quái
- to play mischievously, to get into mischief
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Adverb edit
quái
- (not) at all
- Làm quái gì việc vặt ấy.
- Such a trifling thing does not matter at all.
- Quái gì phải lo lắng?
- What in the world do you have to worry about?
Interjection edit
quái
- used to express surprise
- Quái! Nhớ để ở đây mà!
- That's weird! I could've sworn I put it here!
- Quái, hôm qua còn khỏe thế mà hôm nay đã chết!
- How odd, he was so healthy yesterday and to day he is dead!
References edit
- "quái" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)