古怪

gǔguài

adjective HSK 7-9 #2,557

Meanings

1 eccentric
2 strange
3 bizarre

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

这件事太古怪了。

Zhè jiàn shì tài gǔguài le.

This matter is really bizarre.

HSK 5

他的脾气很古怪。

Tā de píqi hěn gǔguài.

He has a very eccentric temperament.

Tips

usage

古怪 implies strangeness that's hard to understand. Stronger than 奇怪 (strange), it suggests something fundamentally odd about a person or thing.

Stroke Order

古 gǔ

怪 guài