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奇怪

奇怪

Chinese

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

Adjective

奇怪

odd; strange; surprising; unexpected

Verb

奇怪

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

Japanese

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

Noun

奇怪 ‎(hiragana きかい, romaji kikai)

weirdness, strangeness
- 1948, Osamu Dazai, Ningen Shikkaku, ^[1]
  もう一葉の写真は、最も奇怪なものである。
  もういちようのしゃしんは、もっともきかいなものである。
  mō ichiyōno shashinwa, mottomo kikaina mono desu.

References

↑ Edition of Ningen Shikkaku in Aozora Bunko.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qíguài

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

(Hokkien, POJ): kî-koài

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵ guai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qíguài
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiguay
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ gwaai³
  - Yale: kèih gwaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ gwaai³
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ kʷɑːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-koai
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ guai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki² guai⁴
  - IPA: /kʰi¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuai²¹³/