Weird in Chinese
weird · HSK 3
奇怪
- 奇 strange
- 怪 strange
外面的声音很奇怪。 The noise outside is very strange.
Other ways to say weird
How do you say weird in Chinese?
Weird in Chinese is 奇怪 (qí guài). You can also say 抽象 (chōu xiàng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.