稀奇

xīqí

adjective HSK 7-9 #16,271

Meanings

1 strange
2 curious
3 rare and unusual

Characters

strange; unusual

Rare and strange.

Examples

这有什么稀奇的？

Zhè yǒu shénme xīqí de?

What's so unusual about this?

他觉得一切都很稀奇。

Tā juéde yīqiè dōu hěn xīqí.

He found everything strange and fascinating.

在这里下雪不稀奇。

Zài zhèlǐ xiàxuě bù xīqí.

It's not unusual for it to snow here.

Tips

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.

Stroke Order

稀 xī

奇 qí