怪 guài
noun | adjective | verb | adverb
: bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny
: devil; monster
: to wonder at
: to blame
: quite; rather
Kun Reading
怪しい | あやしい ayashii
adjective
: suspicious; dubious; doubtful; dodgy; suspicious (referring to a potential amorous relation); dangerous (e.g. financial situation); ominous (e.g. weather); strange; shady; fishy
: charming; bewitching; mysterious
怪しむ | あやしむ ayashimu
adjective
: to suspect
怪しげ | あやしげ ayashige
na-adjective | noun
: questionable; doubtful; suspicious
On Reading
怪 | かい kai
noun
: mystery; wonder
ケ ke
怪話[话] guai4hua4: cynical remark; ridiculous talk; preposterous remark
怪事 guai4shi4: strange thing; curious occurrence
[かいじ kaiji: mystery; strange event; mysterious affair]
怪人 guai4ren2: strange person; eccentric [かいじん kaijin: mysterious person]
怪僻 guai4pi4: eccentric; peculiar
怪味 guai4wei4: strange odor
怪咖 guai4ka1: (Taiwan slang) loony; freak
怪獸[兽] guai4shou4: rare animal; mythical animal; monster
[怪獣 | かいじゅう kaijuu: monster]
怪物 guai4wu5: monster; freak; eccentric person
[かいぶつ kaibutsu: monster]
奇怪 qi2guai4: strange; odd; peculiar; weird
[きっかい kikkai OR きかい kikai: strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious]
[怪奇 | かいき kaiki: bizarre; strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous]
難[难]怪 nan2’guai4: (it’s) no wonder (that…); (it’s) not surprising (that)
古怪 gu3guai4: eccentric; grotesque; oddly; queer
作怪 zuo4guai4: (of a ghost) to make strange things happen; to act up; to act behind the scenes; to make mischief; odd; to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
妖怪 yao1guai4: monster; devil [うかい youkai: ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon; monster; goblin]
責[责]怪 ze2guai4: to blame; to rebuke
醜八怪 [丑八怪] chou3 ba1 guai4: ugly person
Japanese expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
怪しからん | けしからん keshikaran
: outrageous; rude; inexcusable
奇怪しい | おかしい okashii
: (kana only) funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous
: (kana only) strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; unusual; eccentric
: (kana only) improper; unsuitable; unbecoming
: (kana only) suspicious
怪我の功名 | けがのこうみょう kega no koumyou
: fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
怪気炎を上げる | かいきえんをあげる kaiki en o ageru
: to speak flamboyantly
怪力無双 | かいりきむそう kairiki musou
: (yoji) (a person of) unrivaled physical strength
奇々怪々 | ききかいかい kiki kaikai
: (yoji) very strange; bizarre; weird; mysterious
奇怪千万 | きっかいせんばん kikkai senban OR きかいせんばん kikai senban
: (yoji) very strange (mysterious, weird); bizarre; monstrous; outrageous
勿怪の幸い | もっけのさいわい mokkenosaiwai
: windfall; piece of good luck
生兵法は大怪我のもと | なまびょうほうはおおけがのもと namabyouhou wa ookeganomoto
: A little learning is a dangerous thing
Chinese expression | idiom
千奇百怪 qian1 qi2 bai3 guai4
: fantastic oddities of every description
大驚小怪 [大惊小怪] da4 jing1 xiao3 guai4
: much fuss about nothing
請別見怪 [请别见怪] qing3 bie2 jian4 guai4
: please don’t be upset; no hard feelings; absit iniuria verbis; let injury by words be absent
興妖作怪 [兴妖作怪] xing1 yao1 zuo4 guai4
: lit. summon demons to create havoc; to stir up trouble with intent of sabotage
禮多人不怪 [礼多人不怪] li3 duo1 ren2 bu4 guai4
: nobody will find fault with extra courtesy; courtesy costs nothing
形声 Pictophonetic.
忄 (xin: heart radical 61)
圣 (sheng4: holy) suggest the meaning while provides the sound.
Semantic:
恠 [怪] guai4: strange, unusual, peculiar
[ayashii. on: kai, ke]
Examples:
空模様が怪しい。
そらもようがあやしい sora moyou ga ayashii
The sky looks angry.
别怪她。
bie2 guai4 ta1
Don’t blame it on her.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
