奇怪
qí guài
Pinyin

Definition

奇怪
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qí guài
  1. strange
  2. odd
  3. to marvel
  4. to be baffled

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

传奇
chuán qí
  1. 1 legendary
  2. 2 fantasy saga
  3. 3 romance
  4. 4 short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
奇怪
qí guài
  1. 1 strange
  2. 2 odd
  3. 3 to marvel
  4. 4 to be baffled
奇迹
qí jì
  1. 1 miracle
  2. 2 miraculous
  3. 3 wonder
  4. 4 marvel
好奇
hào qí
  1. 1 inquisitive
  2. 2 curious
  3. 3 inquisitiveness
  4. 4 curiosity
怪
guài
  1. 1 bewildering
  2. 2 odd
  3. 3 strange
  4. 4 uncanny
  5. 5 devil
  6. 6 monster
  7. 7 to wonder at
  8. 8 to blame
  9. 9 quite
  10. 10 rather
神奇
shén qí
  1. 1 magical
  2. 2 mystical
  3. 3 miraculous
作怪
zuò guài
  1. 1 (of a ghost) to make strange things happen
  2. 2 to act up
  3. 3 to act behind the scenes
  4. 4 to make mischief
  5. 5 odd
  6. 6 to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
出奇
chū qí
  1. 1 extraordinary
  2. 2 exceptional
  3. 3 unusual
卡布奇诺
kǎ bù qí nuò
  1. 1 cappuccino (loanword)
古怪
gǔ guài
  1. 1 eccentric
  2. 2 grotesque
  3. 3 oddly
  4. 4 queer
哈士奇
hā shì qí
  1. 1 husky (sled dog)
奇
jī
  1. 1 odd (number)
奇兵
qí bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
奇妙
qí miào
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 wonderful
奇幻
qí huàn
  1. 1 fantasy (fiction)
奇才
qí cái
  1. 1 genius
奇特
qí tè
  1. 1 peculiar
  2. 2 unusual
  3. 3 queer
奇异
qí yì
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 bizarre
  3. 3 odd
  4. 4 exotic
  5. 5 astonished
奇闻
qí wén
  1. 1 anecdote
  2. 2 fantastic story
奇葩
qí pā
  1. 1 exotic flower
  2. 2 (fig.) marvel
  3. 3 prodigy
  4. 4 (slang) weirdo
  5. 5 outlandish

Idioms (20)

不足为奇
bù zú wéi qí
  1. 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
不足为怪
bù zú wéi guài
  1. 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
啧啧称奇
zé zé chēng qí
  1. 1 to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom)
  2. 2 to be astonished
大惊小怪
dà jīng xiǎo guài
  1. 1 to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
奇耻大辱
qí chǐ dà rǔ
  1. 1 extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
  1. 1 lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
  2. 2 incomprehensible nonsense
  3. 3 preposterous bullshit
奇珍异宝
qí zhēn yì bǎo
  1. 1 rare treasure (idiom)
奇花异卉
qí huā yì huì
  1. 1 exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)
奇花异草
qí huā yì cǎo
  1. 1 very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
奇葩异卉
qí pā yì huì
  1. 1 rare and exotic flora (idiom)
奇谈怪论
qí tán guài lùn
  1. 1 strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable remarks
好奇尚异
hào qí shàng yì
  1. 1 to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)
少见多怪
shǎo jiàn duō guài
  1. 1 lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); to express amazement due to lack of experience
  2. 2 naive expression of excitement due to ignorance
平淡无奇
píng dàn wú qí
  1. 1 ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
礼多人不怪
lǐ duō rén bù guài
  1. 1 nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom)
  2. 2 courtesy costs nothing
突发奇想
tū fā qí xiǎng
  1. 1 suddenly have a thought (idiom)
  2. 2 suddenly be inspired to do something

Sample Sentences

是，这个月是有点奇怪，眼瞅着都快过去了，还没见你歇斯底里地多愁善感，或者火冒三丈地哭天抢地。
shì ，zhè ge yuè shì yǒudiǎnr qíguài ，yǎnchǒuzhe dōu kuài guòqù le ，hái méi jiàn nǐ xiēsīdǐlǐ de duōchóushàngǎn ，huò zhě huǒmàosānzhàng de kūtiānqiǎngdì 。
Yes, this month you've been a bit strange. It'll all be over in the blink of an eye, I still haven't seen you in hysteric fits of melancholy, or crying and making a fuss in fits of anger.
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这…詹老板，你……喝高了吧……奇怪…我有点不舒服…呕......
zhè …Zhān lǎobǎn ，nǐ ……hē gāo le ba ……qíguài …wǒ yǒudiǎnr bù shūfu …ǒu . . . . . .
Eh... Mr Zhan, you... you've managed to throw back a lot there... strange... I feel a bit ill.. Bleurgh...
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你穿这件衣服有点太随便了吧人家别人会觉得你很奇怪的。
nǐ chuān zhè jiàn yīfu yǒudiǎn tài suíbiàn le ba rénjia biéren huì juéde nǐ hěn qíguài de 。
Your attire is a bit too casual, the others will think you’re strange.
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有可能，我觉得他们的小菜有点不新鲜。我吃的时候就觉得他们的凉拌黄瓜味道有点奇怪。/
yǒu kěnéng ，wǒ juéde tāmen de xiǎocài yǒudiǎn bù xīnxiān 。wǒ chī de shíhou jiù juéde tāmen de liángbàn huángguā wèidao yǒudiǎn qíguài 。/
It's possible, I think their side dishes were not fresh. When I ate them, I felt that their cucumber salad tasted a bit weird.
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我也觉得我好奇怪。
wǒ yě juéde wǒ hǎo qíguài 。
I also think I’m weird.
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空调打开的时候，会发出奇怪的声音。
kōngtiáo dǎkāi de shíhou ，huì fāchū qíguài de shēngyīn 。
When I turn on the aircon, there's a strange noise.
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他提的这个建议有点奇怪，不过我们让他说说看，看他能说出什么名堂。
tā tí de zhè ge jiànyì yǒudiǎnr qíguài ，bùguò wǒmen ràng tā shuō shuo kàn ，kàn tā néng shuōchū shénme míngtang 。
His suggestion are a little bizarre, but we should let him continue with it, see what he comes up with.
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吓死宝宝了！为什么买那么奇怪的宠物?
xiàsǐ bǎobao le ！wèishénme mǎi nàme qíguài de chǒngwù ?
Don't scare your bae! Why did you buy such a strange pet?
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老公忽然送花，老婆觉得奇怪，就问问朋友A、B、C的意见）
lǎogōng hūrán sòng huā ，lǎopó juéde qíguài ，jiù wèn wen péngyou A 、B 、C de yìjiàn ）
(the husband suddenly gives the wife flowers, the wife is suspicious, she then asks her friends A, B and C for opinions)
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一个人如果到了三十岁还不懂世故，那就很奇怪。
yī ge rén rúguǒ dào le sānshí suì hái bù dǒng shìgù ，nā jiù hěn qíguài 。
If a person reaches thirty and still doesn't understand the ways of the world, then that's really strange.
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