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  gwaai3   jyutping
  guai4   pinyin
[1] [adj] strange; odd; unusual; queer
[2] [v] blame; complain; impute
[3] [v] find sth strange; be surprised at
[4] [n] monster; demon; unusual person
[5] [adv] unusually; quite; really

Default PoS: adjective Additional PoS: nounverbadverb
Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 11388 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jun 2014 15:06

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detail  jau5 gwaai3 mok6 gwaai3  you3 guai4 mo4 guai4 = no hard feeling; don't be upset; no offense
detail  gu2 gwaai3  gu3 guai4 = peculiar; strange; eccentric
detail  m4 gwaai3 dak1   = no wonder
detail  gwaai3 bat1 dak1  guai4 bu4 de2 = no wonder
detail  jiu2 gwaai3  yao1 guai4 = monster; devil
detail  gwaai3 ke2   = weirdo
detail  cau2 gwaai3  chou3 guai4 = ugly, grotesque
detail  m4 gwaai3 zi1 dak1   = no wonder
detail  naan4 gwaai3  nan2 guai4 = no wonder
detail  kei4 gwaai3  qi2 guai4 = strange; weird
See all 59 compounds (CantoDict reports 57 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 6 examples containing 怪
detail audio 覺得香蕉?
Don't you think bananas taste weird?
detail 古靈精怪動物
A weird and imaginative animal.
detail 病咗, 唔怪之得!
He is sick. No wonder he's failed to turn up!
detail 近來一時一時鼓埋泡腮
She has been acting a little strange lately, one moment she is smiling sweetly, next moment she is grumpy
detail audio 唔怪之得廚房罐頭逐一逐樣唔見咗原來鼠竊狗偷
No wonder the can foods in the kitchen has been disappearing one by one; so you are the one stealing them.
detail 老虎竟然識食紅蘿蔔真係咄咄怪事
Tigers that eat carrots? How strange is that?!

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