奇怪 qí guài strange / odd / to marvel / to be baffled syn 兴趣 興趣 xìng qù interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested) / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 见鬼 見鬼 jiàn guǐ absurd / strange / (interj.) curse it! / to hell with it! syn 古怪 gǔ guài strange / weird / eccentric / bizarre syn 娱乐 娛樂 yú lè to entertain / to amuse / entertainment / recreation / amusement / hobby / fun / joy syn 怪异 怪異 guài yì monstrous / strange / strange phenomenon syn 诡异 詭異 guǐ yì strange / weird syn 怪人 guài rén strange person / eccentric syn 爱好 愛好 ài hào to like / to be fond of / to take pleasure in / to be keen on / interest / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 陌生 mò shēng strange / unfamiliar syn 奇妙 qí miào wonderful / marvelous / intriguing / mysterious / strange syn 怪事 guài shì strange thing / curious occurrence syn 嗜好 shì hào hobby / indulgence / habit / addiction syn 蹊跷 蹊蹺 qī qiāo odd / queer / strange / fishy syn 稀奇 xī qí rare / strange syn 作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) syn 生疏 shēng shū unfamiliar / strange / out of practice / not accustomed syn 怪味 guài wèi strange odor 稀奇古怪 xī qí gǔ guài crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange syn 见怪不怪 見怪不怪 jiàn guài bù guài to have seen sth so often that it doesn't seem strange at all / to be well accustomed (to sth) syn 珍奇 zhēn qí rare / strange syn 异状 異狀 yì zhuàng unusual condition / something odd / strange shape 同床异梦 同床異夢 tóng chuáng yì mèng lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom) / ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension syn 奇绝 奇絕 qí jué strange / rare / bizarre syn 灵异 靈異 líng yì deity / monster / strange / mysterious / supernatural 奇诡 奇詭 qí guǐ strange / queer / intriguing 奇 qí strange / odd / weird / wonderful / surprisingly / unusually syn 异 異 yì different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate syn 癖 pǐ habit / hobby syn 邪 xié demonic / iniquitous / nefarious / evil / unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) / (coll.) strange / abnormal syn 青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 qīng méi zhú mǎ lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends syn 珍闻 珍聞 zhēn wén oddity / news tidbits / strange and interesting item 咄咄怪事 duō duō guài shì strange / absurd / paradoxical / extraordinary syn 傀 guī grand / strange / exotic 奇谈怪论 奇談怪論 qí tán guài lùn strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom) / unreasonable remarks syn 巴山夜雨 bā shān yè yǔ rain on Mt Ba (idiom) / lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution 希奇古怪 xī qí gǔ guài crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange 怪模怪样 怪模怪樣 guài mó guài yàng outlandish / strange-looking / grotesque syn 异响 異響 yì xiǎng unusual sound / strange noise / to make a strange sound 此道 cǐ dào such matters / things like this / this line of work / this pursuit / this hobby / this endeavor 燕隼 yàn sǔn (bird species of China) Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) 猛隼 měng sǔn (bird species of China) oriental hobby (Falco severus) 聊斋志异 聊齋志異 liáo zhāi zhì yì Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2] 二十年目睹之怪现状 二十年目睹之怪現狀 èr shí nián mù dǔ zhī guài xiàn zhuàng The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[Wu2 Jian3 ren2] 吴趼人 吳趼人 wú jiǎn rén Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years 二十年目睹之怪現狀|二十年目睹之怪现状 嗜痂成癖 shì jiā chéng pǐ to have strange and dangerous addictions (idiom) syn 奇伟 奇偉 qí wěi singular and majestic / strange and grand syn 奇崛 qí jué strange and prominent syn 奇异夸克 奇異夸克 qí yì kuā kè strange quark (particle physics) 奇谲 奇譎 qí jué strange and deceitful / sly / treacherous 吊诡矜奇 弔詭矜奇 diào guǐ jīn qí strange and paradoxical 怪念头 怪念頭 guài niàn tou eccentric notion / strange whim 怪秘 怪祕 guài mì strange / mystic 怪声怪气 怪聲怪氣 guài shēng guài qì strange voice / affected manner of speaking syn 独在异乡为异客 獨在異鄉為異客 dú zài yì xiāng wéi yì kè a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2]) 异事 異事 yì shì sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible 异文鄙事 異文鄙事 yì wén bǐ shì strange writing by rustic or illiterate 眼生 yǎn shēng unfamiliar / strange-looking syn 邪门 邪門 xié mén strange / unusual / evil ways / dishonest practices 可怪 kě guài strange / curious / surprising 日怪 rì guài (dialect) strange 怪腔怪调 怪腔怪調 guài qiāng guài diào strange accent / odd manner of speaking or singing 说也奇怪 說也奇怪 shuō yě qí guài strangely enough / oddly enough / strange to say 中二病 zhōng èr bìng (neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword from Japanese "chūnibyō") 人生地不熟 rén shēng dì bù shú to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom) / in an unfamiliar place without friends or family 怪模怪样 怪模怪樣 guài mú guài yàng outlandish / strange-looking / grotesque syn 怪象 guài xiàng strange phenomenon 撞鬼 zhuàng guǐ to encounter a ghost or supernatural being / (coll.) to experience sth strange, eerie or unlucky 异象 異象 yì xiàng (religion) a vision / strange phenomenon 稀奇古怪 xī qí - gǔ guài (idiom) crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange syn 