怪 guài
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guài
adjective
odd; queer; strange; uncanny
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 奇异 (Guoyu '怪' adj; Kroll 2015 '怪' 1, p. 143; Unihan '怪'; XHZD '怪' 1, p. 246) -
guài
noun
a devil; a monster
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 妖怪 (Guoyu '怪' n 2; XHZD '怪' 2, p. 246) -
guài
verb
to blame
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 责备 (Guoyu '怪' v 2; Kroll 2015 '怪' 3, p. 143; XHZD '怪' 4, p. 246) -
guài
adverb
very; quite
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 很 or 甚 (Guoyu '怪' adv; XHZD '怪' 3, p. 246) -
guài
verb
to be surprised
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 惊讶 (Guoyu '怪' v 1; Kroll 2015 '怪' 1a, p. 143) -
guài
adjective
grotesque
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '怪' 2, p. 143) -
guài
proper noun
Guai
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '怪' n 3)
Contained in
- 怪腔怪调(怪腔怪調) strange accent; odd manner of speaking or singing
- 魍魉鬼怪(魍魎鬼怪) ghoulies and bogeys; things that go bump in the night
- 请别见怪(請別見怪) please don't be upset; no hard feelings; absit iniuria verbis; let injury by words be absent
- 古里古怪 quaint; odd and picturesque; weird and wonderful
- 不见怪(不見怪) do not be ofended
- 魔怪 demons and ghosts; ghouls and bogies
- 怪物似 monstrous
- 怪异(怪異) monstrous; strange
- 怪讶(怪訝) astonished
- 奇形怪状(奇形怪狀) fantastic oddities of every description; grotesquely shaped
- 怪话(怪話) ridiculous talk; preposterous remark
- 神怪 spirits and devils; a demon
- 怪诞(怪誕) strange; weird
- 才怪 it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)
- 可怪 strange; curious; surprising
- 休怪 don't blame
- 大惊小怪(大驚小怪) to make a fuss about nothing
- 怪癖 eccentricity; peculiarity; strange hobby
- 怪笑 monstrous laughter
- 咄咄怪事 strange; absurd; paradoxical; extraordinary
- 难怪他伤心(難怪他傷心) no wonder he is upset
- 鬼怪 a hobgoblin; a bogey; a monstrosity; a phantom
- 无怪乎(無怪乎) no wonder (that...)
- 丑八怪(醜八怪) ugly person
- 怪兽(怪獸) a rare animal; a mythical animal
- 搞怪 to be wacky
- 见怪不怪(見怪不怪) to keep one's calm in the face of the unexpected; not to wonder at strange sights
- 说也奇怪(說也奇怪) strangely enough; oddly enough; strange to say
- 不足为怪(不足為怪) not surprising at all
- 丑怪(醜怪) grotesque
- 怪不得 no wonder
- 兴妖作怪(興妖作怪) to summon demons to create havoc; to stir up all kinds of trouble
- 少见多怪(少見多怪) rarely seen, very strange; to express amazement due to lack of experience
- 礼多人不怪(禮多人不怪) nobody will find fault with extra courtesy
- 妖魔鬼怪 demons and ghosts; ghouls and bogies
- 怪物 monster; freak; eccentric person
- 怪手 excavator; backhoe
- 珍怪 a strange and rare item ; strange and rare
- 怪石 a unique shaped rock
- 怪诞不经(怪誕不經) uncanny; unbelievable; ridiculous; outrageous
- 作怪 (of a ghost) to make strange things happen; to act up; to act behind the scenes; to make mischief; odd; to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
- 灵怪(靈怪) a goblin; a spirit
- 丑人多作怪(醜人多作怪) ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention
- 真怪 odd; unusual
Also contained in
怪人奥尔·扬科维奇 、 科学怪人 、 口袋妖怪 、 二十年目睹之怪现状 、 玄怪录 、 钟楼怪人 、 志怪
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第三十一回 Chapter 31 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 44
- 卷五十四 志第七 天文七 Volume 54 Treatises 7: Astronomy 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 33
- 第五十五回 Chapter 55 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 31
- 第二十二回 Chapter 22 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 29
- 第三十四回 Chapter 34 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 28
- 卷五十五 志第八 天文八 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Astronomy 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
- 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 26
- 第八十六回 Chapter 86 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 25
- 第七十七回 Chapter 77 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 23
- 第六十六回 Chapter 66 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 22
Collocations
- 怪迂 (怪迂) 而海上燕齊怪迂之方士多相效 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 9
- 变怪 (變怪) 及木為變怪 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七上 五行志 Volume 27a: Treatise on the Five Elements 1 — count: 8
- 足怪 (足怪) 何足怪哉 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《律書》 Bells — count: 5
- 不足怪 (不足怪) 不足怪也 — Xin Shu 新書, Preface — count: 5
- 怪问 (怪問) 怪問占夢 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 4
- 单于怪 (單于怪) 單于怪之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《韓長孺列傳》 Biography of Han Changru — count: 4
- 上怪 (上怪) 上怪之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《留侯世家》 House of Marquis of Liu — count: 4
- 窃怪 (竊怪) 臣竊怪之 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說右下第三十五 Chapter 35: A Collection of Sayings VI — count: 4
- 大怪 (大怪) 昭王大怪之 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 3
- 不语怪 (不語怪) 子不語怪 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 7. 《述而》 Shu Er — count: 3