古
怪

Strange in Chinese: 古怪 (gǔ guài)

gǔ guài

strange

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1strange
  2. 2weird
  3. 3eccentric
  4. 4bizarre

Stroke order

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古
怪

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨˇ

gǔ

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄍㄨㄞˋ

guài

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他的脾气很古怪，让人难以接近。

    tā de pí qì hěn gǔ guài， ràng rén nán yǐ jiē jìn。

    His temperament is eccentric and hard to warm to.

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Related words

古

gǔ

ancient

怪

guài

bewildering

奇怪

qí guài

strange

古代

gǔ dài

ancient times

古典

gǔ diǎn

classical

古老

gǔ lǎo

ancient

难怪

nán guài

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

古董

gǔ dǒng

curio

古迹

gǔ jì

places of historic interest

古朴

gǔ pǔ

simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)

古人

gǔ rén

people of ancient times

怪物

guài wu

monster

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