古怪
Chinese
| ancient; old | queer; to blame | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (古怪) |
古 | 怪 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gu2 gwaai3
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'gu3 guai4
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): gū-*guái
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-koài
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gu2 gwaai3
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú-koai
- Hakka Romanization System: guˋ guai
- Hagfa Pinyim: gu3 guai4
- Sinological IPA: /ku³¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: guˊ guaiˇ
- Sinological IPA: /ku²⁴⁻³³ kuai¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: gu3 guai4
- Sinological IPA: /ku³¹ kuaɪ⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- 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/
- (Hokkien)
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: gu2 gwaai3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku³³ kʷai⁵⁵/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
Adjective
古怪
- eccentric; odd; strange
- (Meixian Hakka) comical; funny; amusing; witty
- (Eastern Min) cunning; deceitful
Synonyms
- (eccentric):
- 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):
- (cunning):
- 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)
- 甕毒 / 瓮毒 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 甕肚 / 瓮肚 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 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)