古怪 meaning in English

gǔguài

strange; weird

HSK 7-9adjective13 strokes

Meaning of 古怪

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

古怪 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

”那nà你nǐ怎zěn么me看kàn玛mǎ丽lì?“ ”她tā看kàn起qǐ来lái挺tǐng古gǔ怪guài的de。“
"So what do you think of Mary?" "She has a rather peculiar appearance."
他tā的de性xìng情qíng古gǔ怪guài。
He's a strange character.
你nǐ有yǒu没méi有yǒu发fā现xiàn他tā说shuō话huà的de语yǔ气qì有yǒu点diǎn古gǔ怪guài?
Did you pick up on that strange tone in his voice?
我wǒ知zhī道dào人rén们men认rèn为wéi我wǒ古gǔ怪guài。
I know people think I'm odd.
我wǒ们men在zài一yī家jiā植zhí物wù园yuán里lǐ找zhǎo到dào了le许xǔ多duō稀xī奇qí古gǔ怪guài的de植zhí物wù。
We found many strange plants in a botanical garden.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

古 gǔ · ancient · 5 strokes

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  3. 3
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  5. 5

怪 guài · odd · 8 strokes

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  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 古怪.

奇怪qíguàistrange; odd
古代gǔdàiancient times
古老gǔlǎoancient; old
古典gǔdiǎnclassical
怪物guàiwumonster; freak
难怪nánguài(it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)
怪异guàiyìmonstrous; strange
责怪zéguàito blame; to rebuke
妖怪yāoguàimonster; devil
怪不得guàibudeno wonder!; so that's why!
古董gǔdǒngcurio; antique
大惊小怪dàjīng-xiǎoguàito make a fuss about nothing (idiom)

Questions about 古怪

What does 古怪 mean?

古怪 (gǔguài) means "strange; weird" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 古怪?

古怪 is made of 2 characters: 古 (5 strokes), 怪 (8 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 古怪 an HSK word?

Yes. 古怪 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.