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怪
guài
1.
bewildering
2.
odd
3.
strange
4.
uncanny
5.
devil
6.
monster
7.
to wonder at
8.
to blame
9.
quite
10.
rather
Very Common • Top 1%
✏️ 8 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
作怪
zuòguài
(of a ghost) to make strange things happen
古怪
gǔguài
eccentric
可怪
kěguài
strange
嗔怪
chēnguài
to blame
奇怪
qíguài
strange
妖怪
yāoguài
monster
怪事
guàishì
strange occurrences
怪人
guàirén
strange person
怪杰
guàijié
monstre sacré (i.e. artist famous for being deliberately preposterous)
怪僻
guàipì
eccentric
怪味
guàiwèi
strange odor
怪咖
guàikā
(Taiwan slang) loony
怪圈
guàiquān
vicious circle
怪手
guàishǒu
excavator
怪样
guàiyàng
odd expression
怪气
guàiqì
weird (temperament)
怪物
guàiwu
monster
怪兽
guàishòu
rare animal
怪异
guàiyì
monstrous
怪癖
guàipǐ
eccentricity
Example Sentences (1)
平时女儿那么多课，总是说想去旅行，但是没时间，怪可怜的。这次放假咱们带她去哪儿玩儿比较好呢？
Píngshí nǚ'ér nàme duō kè, zǒngshì shuō xiǎng qù lǚxíng, dànshì méi shíjiān, guài kělián de. Zhècì fàngjià zánmen dài tā qù nǎr wánr bǐjiào hǎo ne?
Usually our daughter has so many classes; she always says she wants to travel, but there’s no time — it’s pretty sad. Where would be a good place for us to take her during this break?
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 774
- Word Frequency Rank
- 780 of 84,292