怪裡怪氣

Chinese

		queer; to blame	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing	queer; to blame	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (怪裡怪氣/怪裏怪氣)		怪	裡/裏	怪	氣
simp. (怪里怪气)		怪	里	怪	气

Etymology

A裡A氣-type construction composed with 怪 (guài) + 氣 / 气. A裡A氣-type constructions don't necessarily have a semantically corresponding A氣 expression (Gao, 2023).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàiliguàiqì, guàilǐguàiqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄌㄧ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄧˋ, ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai³ leoi⁵ gwaai³ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàiliguàiqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄌㄧ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàili̊guàicì
    • Wade–Giles: kuai⁴-li⁵-kuai⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: gwài-li-gwài-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guay.liguaychih
    • Palladius: гуайлигуайци (guajliguajci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ li¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàilǐguàiqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàilǐguàicì
    • Wade–Giles: kuai⁴-li³-kuai⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: gwài-lǐ-gwài-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guayliiguaychih
    • Palladius: гуайлигуайци (guajliguajci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai³ leoi⁵ gwaai³ hei³
    • Yale: gwaai léuih gwaai hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai³ loey⁵ gwaai³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai³ lêu⁵ guai³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³³ lɵy̯¹³ kʷaːi̯³³ hei̯³³/

Adjective

怪裡怪氣

1. peculiar; weird; eccentric