怪
odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange; to regard as odd; to blame; (coll.) somewhat; rather
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Dict coverage rank #861 U+602A
How 怪 is formed
How to remember it
peculiar · Heisig RSH #641
state of mind + 圣 holy
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 怪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 科学怪人 | Kē xué Guài rén | Frankenstein (novel) |
| 礼多人不怪 | lǐ duō rén bù guài | nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom); courtesy costs nothing |
| 尼斯湖水怪 | Ní sī hú shuǐ guài | Loch Ness Monster |
| 怪不得 | guài bu de | no wonder!; so that's why! |
| 古里古怪 | gǔ lǐ gǔ guài | quaint; odd and picturesque; weird and wonderful |
| 不足为怪 | bù zú wéi guài | not at all surprising (idiom) |
| 大脚怪 | dà jiǎo guài | bigfoot |
| 阴阳怪气 | yīn yáng guài qì | eccentric; peculiar; mystifying |
| 大惊小怪 | dà jīng xiǎo guài | to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) |
| 志怪小说 | zhì guài xiǎo shuō | tales of the supernatural (genre of fiction) |
| 怪人 | guài rén | strange person; eccentric |
| 水怪 | shuǐ guài | sea monster; aquatic monster |
| 无怪 | wú guài | No wonder!; not surprising |
| 海怪 | hǎi guài | sea monster |
| 古灵精怪 | gǔ líng jīng guài | (idiom) mischievously clever; whimsically quirky |
| 怪手 | guài shǒu | (Tw) excavator; backhoe |
| 怪气 | guài qì | weird (temperament) |
| 少见多怪 | shǎo jiàn duō guài | (lit.) a person who has seen little of the world will be astonished by certain things (idi… |
| 怪里怪气 | guài lǐ guài qì | eccentric; odd-looking; peculiar |
| 怪物 | guài wu | monster; freak; eccentric person |