怪 (guài): strange, blame
怪 (guài) is a Chinese character meaning “strange, blame.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (structural) and 圣 (structural). It ranks #775 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- strange, blame
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 怪
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怪物 | guài wu | monster |
| 古怪 | gǔ guài | strange |
| 怪异 | guài yì | monstrous |
| 怪兽 | guài shòu | rare animal |
| 怪人 | guài rén | strange person |
| 难怪 | nán guài | (it's) no wonder (that...) |
| 责怪 | zé guài | to blame |
| 怪胎 | guài tāi | freak |
| 怪不得 | guài bu de | no wonder! |
| 大惊小怪 | dà jīng xiǎo guài | to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) |
| 怪事 | guài shì | strange thing |
| 妖怪 | yāo guài | monster |
| 怪罪 | guài zuì | to blame |
| 丑八怪 | chǒu bā guài | ugly person |
| 错怪 | cuò guài | to blame sb wrongly |
怪 appears in 94 compound words: 36 as the first character, 48 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 怪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (25)
Showing 12 of 25 idioms containing 怪.
Example Sentences
这件事很奇怪,按照常理不应该发生这种情况。
Zhè jiàn shì hěn qíguài, ànzhào chánglǐ bù yīnggāi fāshēng zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng.
This matter is very strange; according to common sense, this situation shouldn't have occurred.
...B》洋基大物承认模仿大谷翔平! 狂炸超远怪力轰(影音)
. . . B yáng jī dà wù chéng rèn mó fǎng dà gǔ xiáng píng ! kuáng zhà chāo yuǎn guài lì hōng ( yǐng yīn )
... B" Yankees big man admits to imitating Shohei Ohtani! Bombing Super Far Monster Bombardment (Video)
纸风车客家亲子剧《灯怪》屏东连演3天 今晚首场涌近4千人
zhǐ fēng chē kè jiā qīn zǐ jù dēng guài bǐng dōng lián yǎn 3 tiān jīn wǎn shǒu chǎng chōng jìn 4 qiān rén
The paper windmill Hakka parent-child drama "Lantern Monster" was performed in Pingtung for 3 consecutive days, and nearly 4,000 people poured in for the first performance tonight
江肇國批公務機關貼「馬上有錢」春聯很奇怪 今天有單位換掉了
jiāng zhào 國 pī gōng 務 機 關 貼 馬 shàng yǒu 錢 chūn 聯 hěn qí guài jīn tiān yǒu 單 wèi 換 diào le
Jiang Zhaoguo criticized government agencies for posting "Money will come immediately" Spring Festival couplets as odd. Today, some units have replaced them.
上水「怪獸倉」兩幼犬被困籠內 一狗斷尾惹烏蠅 區...
shàng shuǐ guài 獸 倉 兩 yòu quǎn bèi kùn 籠 內 yī gǒu 斷 wěi rě 烏 蠅 區 . . .
Two puppies were trapped in a cage at the "Beast Warehouse" in Sheung Shui...
她那么匆匆忙忙的,你不觉得很奇怪吗?
Tā nàme cōngcōng máng máng de, nǐ bù juéde hěn qíguài ma?
Don't you think it odd that she was in such a hurry?
我们要向这个怪兽投降吗?
Wǒmen yào xiàng zhège guàishòu tóuxiáng ma?
Are we going to surrender to these monsters?
「曲奇最近行为怪异吗?」「他是一只猫。」
「 qǔqí zuì jìn xíngwéi guàiyì ma?」「 tā shì yī zhī māo.」
"Has Cookie been acting weird lately?" "He's a cat."
真奇怪,他竟然被安排入住这种廉价酒店。
Zhēn qíguài, tā jìngrán bèi ānpái rùzhù zhèzhǒng liánjià jiǔdiàn.
It is strange that he should be put up at such a cheap hotel.
说来奇怪,他的预言竟然真的灵验了。
Shuō lái qíguài, tā de yùyán jìngrán zhēn de língyàn le.
Strange to say, his prediction has come true.
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