怪
异

Monstrous in Chinese: 怪异 (guài yì)

guài yì

monstrous

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 怪異1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1monstrous
  2. 2strange
  3. 3strange phenomenon

Stroke order

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怪
异

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ㄍㄨㄞˋ

guài

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

怪异

Simplified

怪異

Traditional

Example sentences

See 怪异 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他今天的行为很怪异。

    tā jīn tiān de xíng wéi hěn guài yì。

    His behavior today was very strange.

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Related words

怪

guài

bewildering

奇怪

qí guài

strange

难怪

nán guài

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

差异

chā yì

difference

异常

yì cháng

unusual

变异

biàn yì

variation

诧异

chà yì

flabbergasted

古怪

gǔ guài

strange

怪物

guài wu

monster

妖怪

yāo guài

monster

异性

yì xìng

the opposite sex

异议

yì yì

objection

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