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奇怪 qíguài

奇怪 qíguài Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 奇怪 qíguài .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qíguài | qi2 guai4
English translation
strange
odd
to marvel
to be baffled

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Traditional form

奇怪 qíguài

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 奇怪 qíguài

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

大可

Number of Strokes

8
guài

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and shèng represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

忄圣

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 奇怪 qíguài

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zhè 黑夜 hēi yè , zuò le 奇怪 qíguài de mèng ,梦见 mèng jiàn 自己 zìjǐ 变成 biàn chéng le 只小蜜蜂 mìfēng .

That night, I had an odd dream that I too had turned into a bee.

琪尔: zhè 奇怪 qíguài . diàn 东从 qián shì 赛马 sài mǎ Shī .

Gill: That's not surprising. The owner was a racing jockey once.

zhēn 奇怪 qíguài ,这么 zhè me shòu , 食量 shí liàng què 惊人 jīng rén .

It is strange he is so thin; he eats like a horse.

听到 tīng dào zhè 奇怪 qíguài de 声音 shēngyīn xǐng le , Cóng chuáng shǎng 起来 qǐlai .

At the strange noise, I woke up and got out of bed.

àn xiǎng le 门铃 mén líng ,毫不 háo bù 觉得 juéde 奇怪 qíguài de 看到赫伯特 Hè bó tè 仍然 réngrán 以往 yǐwǎng 一样 yīyàng pán .

I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Herbert was as fat as ever.

奇怪 qíguài Decomposition

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奇怪 qíguài Compounds

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