| 怪 | 387B40 22A.11-3 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄍㄨㄞˋ [guai4] | ||
| N. | An evil force: 妖怪 a devil; 鬼怪 a demon; 神怪 a supernatural beings, spirits; 怪物 [guai4wu4]↓. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) V.i., show surprise or astonishment: 驚怪 be astonished; 可怪 strange and inexplicable; 不足怪 nothing surprising; 難怪 no wonder that; 怪不得 ditto: 怪不得老來找你，原來是想借錢 no wonder that he often came to see you, for he wanted to borrow money; 莫怪 please don't be surprised. (2) To blame, rebuke: 怪不得他 don't blame him; 不能怪你 you are not to blame; 見怪 be offended; 責怪 to blame and scold; 別怪，莫怪 please don't be offended. | |||||
| Adj. | Strange, uncanny, abnormal, unusual: 怪事 a strange affair; 怪談 tall tales; 怪人 an eccentric; 怪物 [guai4wu4]↓; 怪異 [guai4ji4]↓; 奇怪 extraordinary, unusual; 怪癖 [guai4pi4]↓; 怪模怪樣 queer in appearance and manners; 怪誕 [guai4dan4]↓; 怪現象 a strange phenomenon. | |||||
| Adv. | Very: 怪可憐 so very pitiable; 怪貴的 unusually costly; 怪難看的 extraordinarily ugly. | |||||
| Words | 1. 怪誕 [guai4dan4], adj., fantastic, unbelievable: 怪誕離奇 unheard-of; 怪誕不經 nonsensical, absurd, (of stories, etc.) tall. 2. 怪道 [guai4dao4], adv. phr., no wonder that: 原來便是尊翁，怪道面目相似 so he is your father, no wonder that he looks so much like you. 3. 怪癖 [guai4pi4], n., eccentricity; adj., (of persons) eccentric, odd, queer, self-opinionated. 4. 怪物 [guai4wu4], n., (1) a monster or monstrosity; (2) an eccentric person. 5. 怪異 [guai4yi4], n., supernatural events. | |||||