怪 (gwaai3 | guai4) : strange; blame; find sth strange; monster

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怪

gwaai3

guai4

[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

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 心 (#61)

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

怪

This word has been viewed 13339 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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有怪莫怪 jau5 gwaai3 mok6 gwaai3 you3 guai4 mo4 guai4 = no hard feeling; don't be upset; no offense

古怪 gu2 gwaai3 gu3 guai4 = peculiar; strange; eccentric

唔怪得 m4 gwaai3 dak1 = no wonder 粵

怪不得 gwaai3 bat1 dak1 guai4 bu4 de2 = no wonder 國

妖怪 jiu2 gwaai3 yao1 guai4 = monster; devil

怪茄 gwaai3 ke2 = weirdo 粵

醜怪 cau2 gwaai3 chou3 guai4 = ugly, grotesque 粵

唔怪之得 m4 gwaai3 zi1 dak1 = no wonder 粵

難怪 naan4 gwaai3 nan2 guai4 = no wonder

奇怪 kei4 gwaai3 qi2 guai4 = strange; weird
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你唔覺得香蕉味好怪? 粵
Don't you think bananas taste weird?

一隻古靈精怪嘅動物粵
A weird and imaginative animal.

佢病咗, 唔怪之得唔嚟啦! 粵
He is sick. No wonder he's failed to turn up!

佢近來怪怪哋，一時就笑口吟吟，一時就鼓埋泡腮粵
She has been acting a little strange lately, one moment she is smiling sweetly, next moment she is grumpy

唔怪之得廚房啲罐頭逐一逐樣噉唔見咗，原來係你鼠竊狗偷粵
No wonder the can foods in the kitchen has been disappearing one by one; so you are the one stealing them.

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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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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