古怪

gǔguài

adjective HSK 7 #2,557

Meanings

1 eccentric
2 strange
3 bizarre

Characters

Examples

他的脾气很古怪。

Tā de píqi hěn gǔguài.

He has a very eccentric temperament.

这件事太古怪了。

Zhè jiàn shì tài gǔguài le.

This matter is really bizarre.

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