怪裡怪氣

简 怪里怪气 · 繁 怪裡怪氣
Cantonese · source Jyutpinggwaai3 leoi5 gwaai3 hei3

Meanings

  1. weirdo; eccentric; peculiar; queer; oddlooking
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Same syllable, six tones

gwaai乖gwaai1拐gwaai2to turn夬gwaai3decisivegwaai4—gwaai5—gwaai6—
leoileoi1—leoi2—leoi3—雷leoi4thunder旅leoi5trip类leoi6kind

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: guai4 li5 guai4 qi4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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adj

  1. peculiar; weird; eccentric

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Exact source record & identity怪裡怪氣 怪里怪气 [guai4 li5 guai4 qi4] {gwaai3 leoi5 gwaai3 hei3} /weirdo; eccentric; peculiar; queer; oddlooking/

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