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怪 (gwaai3) — strange; odd; unusual; queer in Cantonese

gwaai˗₃怪
Mandarin Pinyin: guai4

Meaning of 怪

nounstrange; odd; unusual; queer
nounfind sth strange; be surprised at
noununusually; quite; really
nounblame; complain; impute
nounmonster; demon; unusual person

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Example Sentences with 怪

佢病咗, 唔怪之得唔嚟啦!
He is sick. No wonder he's failed to turn up!
leiˏ₅你mˎ₄唔gok˗₃覺dakˉ¹得hoengˉ¹香ziuˉ¹蕉meiˍ₆味houˊ²好gwaai3?怪?
Don't you think bananas taste weird?
佢近來怪怪哋，一時就笑口吟吟，一時就鼓埋泡腮
She has been acting a little strange lately, one moment she is smiling sweetly, next moment she is grumpy
唔怪之得廚房啲罐頭逐一逐樣噉唔見咗，原來係你鼠竊狗偷
No wonder the can foods in the kitchen has been disappearing one by one; so you are the one stealing them.
老虎竟然識食紅蘿蔔，真係咄咄怪事！
Tigers that eat carrots? How strange is that?!
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Words Containing 怪

海怪hoi2 gwaai3
sea monster
唔怪之得m4 gwaai3 zi1 dak1
variant: 唔怪得之 Mand.: 難怪
禮多人不怪lai5 do1 jan4 bat1 gwaai3
no one could fault you for being too polite
古古怪怪gu2 gu2 gwaai3 gwaai3
peculiar , eccentric , odd , strange
魔怪mo1 gwaai3
demons and monsters; ghouls and bogies; fiends
怪責的目光gwaai3 zaak3 dik1 muk6 gwong1
reproachful look
怪之得gwaai3 zi1 dak1
no wonder (variant of 唔怪之得)
怪癖gwaai3 pik1
eccentricity; peculiarity; oddity; foible; mannerism
怪異gwaai3 ji6
weird
怪病gwaai3 beng6
strange illness, rare disease
作怪zok3 gwaai3
do mischief; make trouble
怪談gwaai3 taam4
Lit. "strange/mysterious talk"

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