稀奇

xīqí

adjective HSK 7-9 #16,271

Meanings

Rare and strange.

HSK 1

这有什么稀奇的？

Zhè yǒu shénme xīqí de?

What's so unusual about this?

HSK 2

在这里下雪不稀奇。

Zài zhèlǐ xiàxuě bù xīqí.

It's not unusual for it to snow here.

HSK 3

他觉得一切都很稀奇。

Tā juéde yīqiè dōu hěn xīqí.

He found everything strange and fascinating.

usage

稀奇 often appears in rhetorical questions: 有什么稀奇的？(what's so special?) or 不稀奇 (not unusual). The variant 稀奇古怪 means extremely bizarre.

稀 xī

奇 qí