詭異

See also: 诡异

Chinese

		sly; crafty	different; unusual; strange
trad. (詭異)		詭	異
simp. (诡异)		诡	异

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǐyì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² ji⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khúi-ì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǐyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guěiyì
  - Wade–Giles: kuei³-i⁴
  - Yale: gwěi-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeiyih
  - Palladius: гуйи (guji)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai² ji⁶
  - Yale: gwái yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei² yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ jiː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khúi-ì
  - Tâi-lô: khuí-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quyix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/

Middle Chinese: kjweX yiH

Rime
Character	詭	異
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	過委切	羊吏切
Baxter	kjweX	yiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuᴇ^X/	/jɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiɛ^X/	/jɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɛ^X/	/ie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwiə̆^X/	/jɨ^H/
Li Rong	/kjue^X/	/iə^H/
Wang Li	/kǐwe^X/	/jĭə^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwie̯^X/	/i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǐ	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai²	ji⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k](r)ojʔ ɢ(r)ək-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*krolʔ lɯɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	詭	異
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guǐ	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwe^X ›	‹ yi^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[k](r)ojʔ/	/*ɢ(r)ək-s/
English	perverse	different
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	詭	異
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12767	15102
Phonetic component	危	異
Rime group	歌	代
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	詭	異
Old Chinese	/*krolʔ/	/*lɯɡs/
Notes		金文異象雙手護住頭所頂物爲戴翼初文

Adjective

詭異

unusual; strange; mysterious; weird
- 聖人無屈奇之服，詭異之行。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  圣人无屈奇之服，诡异之行。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Wenzi
  Shèngrén wú qūqí zhī fú, guǐyì zhī xíng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 現在，它早已死了，只是眼裡還閃著一絲詭異的光。 [MSC, trad.]
  现在，它早已死了，只是眼里还闪着一丝诡异的光。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: (Can we date this quote?), 巩高峰 (Gong Gaofeng), 《一种美味》
  Xiànzài, tā zǎoyǐ sǐ le, zhǐshì yǎn lǐ hái shǎnzhe yī sī guǐyì de guāng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

刁鑽 / 刁钻 (diāozuān) (literary)
古怪 (gǔguài)
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)
趣怪 (Hakka)
蹊蹺 / 蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
離奇 / 离奇 (líqí)
龜怪 / 龟怪 (Hokkien)