古怪

Chinese

		ancient; old	queer; to blame
simp. and trad. (古怪)		古	怪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔguài

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² gwaai³

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'gu³ guai⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kú-koai

  (Hailu, HRS): gu^ˊ guai^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gu³ guai⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): gū-*guái
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-koài
• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gu² gwaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔguài
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔguài
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-kuai⁴
    • Yale: gǔ-gwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuguay
    • Palladius: гугуай (guguaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² gwaai³
    • Yale: gú gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'gu³ guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈku²¹³⁻¹³ kuai³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú-koai
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu^ˋ guai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu³ guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku³¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu^ˊ guai^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /ku²⁴⁻³³ kuai¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gu³ guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku³¹ kuaɪ⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gū-*guái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³³⁻⁵⁵ kuɑi²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-koài
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-kuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofkoaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: gu² gwaai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³³ kʷai⁵⁵/

Adjective

古怪

1. eccentric; odd; strange
2. (Meixian Hakka) comical; funny; amusing; witty
3. (Eastern Min) cunning; deceitful

Synonyms

• (eccentric):

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• 刁鑽 / 刁钻 (diāozuān) (literary)
• 各樣 / 各样 (gèyàng) (Eastern Min; Southern Min)
• 各鱉 / 各鳖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 奇巧 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 奇幻 (qíhuàn)
• 奇怪 (qíguài)
• 奇異 / 奇异 (qíyì)
• 巧奇 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 巧怪 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 怪 (guài)
• 怪僻 (guàipì) (literary)
• 怪奇 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 怪死 (Hokkien)
• 怪異 / 怪异 (guàiyì)
• 日怪 (reh⁴ guai³) (Jin)
• 有空 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 稀奇 (xīqí)
• 詭異 / 诡异 (guǐyì)
• 趣怪 (Hakka)
• 蹊蹺 / 蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
• 離奇 / 离奇 (líqí)
• 龜怪 / 龟怪 (Hokkien)

• (comical):

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• 古味 (Hakka)
• 可笑 (kěxiào)
• 好笑 (hǎoxiào)
• 幽默 (yōumò)
• 搞笑 (gǎoxiào)
• 滑稽
• 詼諧 / 诙谐 (huīxié)
• 風趣 / 风趣 (fēngqù)

• (cunning):

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• 世故 (shìgù)
• 刁 (diāo)
• 刁滑 (diāohuá)
• 刁鑽 / 刁钻 (diāozuān)
• 刁頑 / 刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
• 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
• 圓泛 / 圆泛 (yenn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 圓滑 / 圆滑 (yuánhuá)
• 圞泛 / 𪢮泛 (lonn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 奸宄 (Hokkien)
• 奸巧 (Hokkien)
• 奸狡
• 奸猾 (jiānhuá)
• 奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
• 姦刁 / 奸刁 (¹ke-tiau) (Wu)
• 姦詐 / 奸诈 (jiānzhà)
• 油滑 (yóuhuá)
• 滑
• 滑頭 / 滑头 (huátóu)
• 狡怪 (káu-koài) (Hokkien)
• 狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
• 狡獪 / 狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
• 狡詐 / 狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
• 狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
• 詭詐 / 诡诈 (guǐzhà)
• 調皮 / 调皮 (tiáopí)
• 陰濕 / 阴湿 (jam¹ sap¹) (Cantonese)
• 陰險 / 阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
• 頑惡 / 顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (古怪):

• → Korean: 고괴(古怪) (gogoe)