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

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

eccentric; odd; strange
(Meixian Hakka) comical; funny; amusing; witty
(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)