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古怪

gǔ guài

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

古怪 (gǔ guài) means "strange; weird; eccentric". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 古怪 means

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

The characters in 古怪

• 古gǔancient; old; paleo-
• 怪guàiodd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange…

Example sentences

• 他的性情古怪。
  Tā de xìngqíng gǔguài.
  He's a strange character.
• 我知道人们认为我古怪。
  Wǒ zhīdào rénmen rènwéi wǒ gǔguài.
  I know people think I'm odd.
• 你有没有发现他说话的语气有点古怪？
  Nǐ yǒuméiyǒu fāxiàn tā shuōhuà de yǔqì yǒudiǎn gǔguài?
  Did you pick up on that strange tone in his voice?
• 我们在一家植物园里找到了许多稀奇古怪的植物。
  Wǒmen zài yījiā zhíwùyuán lǐ zhǎodào le xǔduō xīqígǔguài de zhíwù.
  We found many strange plants in a botanical garden.
• ”那你怎么看玛丽？“ ”她看起来挺古怪的。“
  "nà nǐ zěnme kàn Mǎlì?" "tā kànqǐlai tǐng gǔguài de."
  "So what do you think of Mary?" "She has a rather peculiar appearance."
• ”那你怎幺看玛丽？“ ”她看起来挺古怪的。“
  "So what do you think of Mary?" "She has a rather peculiar appearance."

Words containing 古怪

• 稀奇古怪xī qí gǔ guài(idiom) crazy; bizarre; weird; fantastic; strange
• 希奇古怪xī qí gǔ guàivariant of 稀奇古怪

Where 古怪 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · gòu–gù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gǔ guài correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.