HSK 6 · Adjectives

古怪 gǔguài “strange” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 古怪 means

  1. strange
  2. odd
  3. eccentric
  4. weird
  5. bizarre

How to say 古怪

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale古gǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale怪guài4th tone, falling

古怪 in a sentence

  1. 我知道人们认为我古怪。

    Wǒ zhīdao rénmen rènwéi wǒ gǔguài.

    I know people think I’m odd.

    Sentence #6111850 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 你有没有发现他说话的语气有点古怪？

    Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu fāxiàn tā shuōhuà de yǔqì yǒudiǎn gǔguài?

    Did you notice that his tone was a bit strange?

    Sentence #565566 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 古怪 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 古 (gǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
古gǔancient
  • 十ten · shí
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 怪 (guài) with each of its parts in a different colour
怪guàiodd; strange; uncanny
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīn
  • 圣holy · kū

How to write 古怪

古 5 strokes · 怪 8 strokes

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古怪 (gǔguài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 古怪 (gǔguài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 古怪

Words with 古

古代gǔdài · ancient times古典gǔdiǎn · classical名胜古迹míngshènggǔjì · famous sights and historic sites考古kǎogǔ · archaeology古董gǔdǒng · antique

Words with 怪

奇怪qíguài · strange难怪nánguài · (it’s) no wonder (that…)怪不得guàibude · no wonder!责怪zéguài · to blame

More words: Adjectives

公道gōngdao · fair恭敬gōngjìng · respectful公正gōngzhèng · fair广阔guǎngkuò · vast孤立gūlì · isolated过度guòdù · excessive果断guǒduàn · decisive固有gùyǒu · inherent

FAQs

古怪 (gǔguài) means “strange” or “odd”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gǔguài: gǔ with a 3rd tone, then guài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 古怪 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guguai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 古怪 from the suggestions. Typing guguai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
古怪 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.