奇奇怪怪

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	queer; to blame	queer; to blame
simp. and trad. (奇奇怪怪)		奇	奇	怪	怪
AABB-type reduplication of 奇怪 (qíguài).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíqíguàiguài

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ kei⁴ gwaai³ gwaai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qíqíguàiguài
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cícíguàiguài
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²-chʻi²-kuai⁴-kuai⁴
  - Yale: chí-chí-gwài-gwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyichyiguayguay
  - Palladius: цицигуайгуай (ciciguajguaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ kei⁴ gwaai³ gwaai³
  - Yale: kèih kèih gwaai gwaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ kei⁴ gwaai³ gwaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ kéi⁴ guai³ guai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹ kʷaːi̯³³ kʷaːi̯³³/

Adjective

奇奇怪怪

strange; weird; bizarre
- 不要搞奇奇怪怪的建築。 [MSC, trad.]
  不要搞奇奇怪怪的建筑。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2014, Xi Jinping on a symposium on literary and artistic work
  Bùyào gǎo qíqíguàiguài de jiànzhù. [Pinyin]
  No more bizarre buildings.

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