奇怪

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	queer; to blame
simp. and trad. (奇怪)		奇	怪
anagram		怪奇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíguài

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ gwaai³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khì-koai

(Meixian, Guangdong): ki² guai⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kî-koài

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵ guai³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ji-kua

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qíguài
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cíguài
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²-kuai⁴
  - Yale: chí-gwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiguay
  - Palladius: цигуай (ciguaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ gwaai³
  - Yale: kèih gwaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ gwaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ guai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ kʷaːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-koai
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ guai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki² guai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ki² guai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ kuaɪ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-koài
  - Tâi-lô: kî-kuài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'koaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² kuai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² kuai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ kuai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ kuai²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ki⁵ guai³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khî kuài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuai²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ji-kua
  - MiniDict: ji^去 kua
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jji-kua
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²² kua⁴⁴/

Adjective

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.]
  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.]
  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.

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

奇奇怪怪 (qíqíguàiguài)

Verb

奇怪

to find odd, strange, surprising or unexpected; to be baffled about

Noun

奇怪

(literary) unusual person or thing

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
奇	怪
き Grade: S	かい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きかい [kìkáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) きかい [kìkáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲika̠i]

Adjective

奇(き)怪(かい) • (kikai) -na (adnominal 奇(き)怪(かい)な (kikai na), adverbial 奇(き)怪(かい)に (kikai ni))

strange, weird
奇(き)怪(かい)な姿(すがた)
kikai na sugata
strange appearance

Noun

奇(き)怪(かい) • (kikai)

weirdness, strangeness
- 1948, Osamu Dazai, Ningen Shikkaku [No Longer Human]‎^[1]:
  
  もう一(いち)葉(よう)の写(しゃ)真(しん)は、最(もっと)も奇(き)怪(かい)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]

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
奇	怪
Grade: S	Grade: S

Alternative spelling
奇っ怪

Attested from the 17th century.^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kʲik̚ka̠i]

Adjective

奇怪(きっかい) • (kikkai) ^{←きっくゎい (kikkwai)^?}-na (adnominal 奇怪(きっかい)な (kikkai na), adverbial 奇怪(きっかい)に (kikkai ni))

unimaginable, extremely strange, very weird
(regional, Yamaguchi prefecture) synonym of 奇怪 (kikai, “strange”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Donald Keene, transl. (1958), No Longer Human, page 15
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
奇	怪

Noun

奇怪 • (gigoe) (hangeul 기괴)

hanja form^? of 기괴

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
奇	怪

Adjective

奇怪

chữ Hán form of kỳ quái (“weird; bizarre”).

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[2] Donald Keene, transl. (1958), No Longer Human, page 15

[3] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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