古 怪

gǔguài

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Strange” in Chinese is 古怪 (gǔguài).

Meaning

strange
weird
eccentric

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bizarre

Example

他的性情古怪。

He's a strange character.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

gǔHSK 35 strokesancient guàiHSK 38 strokesodd; strange; uncanny

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