怪异 meaning in English

guàiyì

monstrous; strange

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 怪異14 strokes

Meaning of 怪异

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guàiyì
  1. monstrous
  2. strange
  3. strange phenomenon

怪异 in example sentences

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

「曲qū奇qí最zuì近jìn行xíng为wéi怪guài异yì吗ma?」「他tā是shì一yī只zhī猫māo。」
"Has Cookie been acting weird lately?" "He's a cat."

Stroke order for each character

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怪 guài · odd · 8 strokes

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异 yì · different · 6 strokes

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  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 怪异.

奇怪qíguàistrange; odd
异常yìchángunusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
差异chāyìdifference; discrepancy
怪物guàiwumonster; freak
古怪gǔguàistrange; weird
难怪nánguài(it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)
责怪zéguàito blame; to rebuke
妖怪yāoguàimonster; devil
怪不得guàibudeno wonder!; so that's why!
大惊小怪dàjīng-xiǎoguàito make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
异议yìyìobjection; dissent
变异biànyìvariation

Questions about 怪异

What does 怪异 mean?

怪异 (guàiyì) means "monstrous; strange" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 怪异?

怪异 is made of 2 characters: 怪 (8 strokes), 异 (6 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 怪异 an HSK word?

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

How is 怪异 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 怪异 is written 怪異.