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guài
HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

  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

Example Sentences

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不該 你,也不該 他。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 2757274)

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Words Containing 怪

怪念头
guài niàn tou

eccentric notion

怪话
guài huà

ridiculous talk

阴阳怪气
yīn yáng guài qì

eccentric

怪相
guài xiàng

grotesque visage

怪蜀黍
guài shǔ shǔ

see 怪叔叔[guài shū shu]

见怪不怪
jiàn guài bù guài

to keep one's calm in the face of the unexpected

口袋妖怪
kǒu dài yāo guài

Pokémon (Japanese media franchise)

怪异
guài yì

monstrous

怪杰
guài jié

monstre sacré (i.e. artist famous for being deliberately preposterous)

羊怪
yáng guài

faun, half-goat half-human creature of Greek mythology

怪诞
guài dàn

freak

真怪
zhēn guài

odd

古灵精怪
gǔ líng jīng guài

weird

二十年目睹之怪现状
èr shí nián mù dǔ zhī guài xiàn zhuàng

The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[wú jiǎn rén]

精怪
jīng guài

supernatural being (such as a demon, monster, ghost, spirit, gremlin etc)

麦田怪圈
mài tián guài quān

crop circle

科学怪人
kē xué guài rén

Frankenstein (novel)

怪叔叔
guài shū shu

queer uncle, referring to a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang)

怪声怪气
guài shēng guài qì

strange voice

怪味
guài wèi

strange odor

奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng

fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped

可怪
kě guài

strange

灵怪
líng guài

a goblin

怪戾
guài lì

see 乖戾[guāi lì]

千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài

fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)

礼多人不怪
lǐ duō rén bù guài

nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom)

怪腔怪调
guài qiāng guài diào

strange accent; odd manner of speaking or singing

怪胎
guài tāi

freak

奇谈怪论
qí tán guài lùn

strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)

咄咄怪事
duō duō guài shì

strange

光怪陆离
guāng guài lù lí

monstrous and multicolored

怪讶
guài yà

astonished

钟楼怪人
zhōng lóu guài rén

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[wéi kè duō · yǔ guǒ]

大惊小怪
dà jīng xiǎo guài

to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)

魔怪
mó guài

demons and ghosts

难怪
nán guài

(it's) no wonder (that...)

见怪
jiàn guài

to mind

希奇古怪
xī qí gǔ guài

crazy

惊怪
jīng guài

to marvel

嗔怪
chēn guài

to blame

少见多怪
shǎo jiàn duō guài

lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be be astonished by certain things (idiom)

丑人多作怪
chǒu rén duō zuò guài

ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom)

怪不得
guài bu de

no wonder!

无怪
wú guài

No wonder!

怪气
guài qì

weird (temperament)

怪模怪样
guài mú guài yàng

outlandish

怪僻
guài pì

eccentric

妖怪
yāo guài

monster

兴妖作怪
xīng yāo zuò guài

lit. to summon demons to create havoc (idiom)

妖魔鬼怪
yāo mó guǐ guài

demons and ghosts

怪手
guài shǒu

backhoe

无怪乎
wú guài hū

no wonder (that...)

稀奇古怪
xī qí gǔ guài

crazy

大脚怪
dà jiǎo guài

bigfoot

责怪
zé guài

to blame

古里古怪
gǔ lǐ gǔ guài

quaint

奇怪
qí guài

strange

丑怪
chǒu guài

grotesque

才怪
cái guài

it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)

作怪
zuò guài

(of a ghost) to make strange things happen

说也奇怪
shuō yě qí guài

strangely enough

怪癖
guài pǐ

eccentricity

怪兽
guài shòu

rare animal

请别见怪
qǐng bié jiàn guài

please don't be upset

荒怪不经
huāng guài bù jīng

absurd

怪物
guài wu

monster

怪象
guài xiàng

strange phenomenon

志怪小说
zhì guài xiǎo shuō

tales of the supernatural (genre of fiction)

丑八怪
chǒu bā guài

ugly person

怪里怪气
guài lǐ guài qì

eccentric

古怪
gǔ guài

strange

错怪
cuò guài

to blame sb wrongly

怪秘
guài mì

strange

休怪
xiū guài

don't blame (sb)

日怪
rì guài

(dialect) strange

怪人奥尔·扬科维奇
guài rén ào ěr · yáng kē wéi qí

\Weird Al\ Yankovic (1959-), US singer and writer of parody songs

搞怪
gǎo guài

to do sth wacky

怪圈
guài quān

vicious circle

志怪
zhì guài

to write about mysterious or supernatural things

怪样
guài yàng

odd expression

怪咖
guài kā

freak

猛龙怪客
měng lóng guài kè

Death wish, movie series with Charles Bronson

怪诞不经
guài dàn bù jīng

uncanny

怪人
guài rén

strange person

尼斯湖水怪
ní sī hú shuǐ guài

Loch Ness Monster

神怪
shén guài

spirits and devils (usually harmful)

怪道
guài dào

no wonder!

鬼怪
guǐ guài

hobgoblin

魍魉鬼怪
wǎng liǎng guǐ guài

ghoulies and bogeys

怪事
guài shì

strange thing

不足为怪
bù zú wéi guài

not at all surprising (idiom)

怪罪
guài zuì

to blame