怪异 怪異 guài yì monstrous / strange / strange phenomenon syn 异响 異響 yì xiǎng unusual sound / strange noise / to make a strange sound 说不准 說不準 shuō bù zhǔn unable to say / can't say precisely 听见风就是雨 聽見風就是雨 tīng jiàn fēng jiù shì yǔ lit. on hearing wind, to say rain / to agree uncritically with whatever people say / to parrot other people's words / to chime in with others 不好说 不好說 bù hǎo shuō hard to say / can't be sure / difficult to speak about / unpleasant to say 奇怪 qí guài strange / odd / to marvel / to be baffled syn 陌生 mò shēng strange / unfamiliar syn 古怪 gǔ guài strange / weird / eccentric / bizarre syn 诡异 詭異 guǐ yì strange / weird syn 奇妙 qí miào wonderful / marvelous / intriguing / mysterious / strange syn 灵异 靈異 líng yì deity / monster / strange / mysterious / supernatural 稀奇 xī qí rare / strange syn 见鬼 見鬼 jiàn guǐ absurd / strange / (interj.) curse it! / to hell with it! syn 怪事 guài shì strange thing / curious occurrence syn 怪人 guài rén strange person / eccentric syn 蹊跷 蹊蹺 qī qiāo odd / queer / strange / fishy 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 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 异状 異狀 yì zhuàng unusual condition / something odd / strange shape 怪癖 guài pǐ eccentricity / peculiarity / strange hobby syn 怪味 guài wèi strange odor 珍奇 zhēn qí rare / strange syn 奇诡 奇詭 qí guǐ strange / queer / intriguing 奇绝 奇絕 qí jué strange / rare / bizarre syn 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 咄咄怪事 duō duō guài shì strange / absurd / paradoxical / extraordinary syn 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 珍闻 珍聞 zhēn wén oddity / news tidbits / strange and interesting item 邪 xié demonic / iniquitous / nefarious / evil / unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) / (coll.) strange / abnormal syn 傀 guī grand / strange / exotic 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 奇谈怪论 奇談怪論 qí tán guài lùn strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom) / unreasonable remarks syn 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 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 来说 來說 lái shuō to have one's say / to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view) / now we come to talk about it, ... syn 说道 說道 shuō dào to state / to say (the quoted words) syn 说话 說話 shuō huà to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word syn 至少 zhì shǎo at least / (to say the) least syn 传说 傳說 chuán shuō legend / folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth / they say that... syn 再说 再說 zài shuō to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides syn 也就是说 也就是說 yě jiù shì shuō in other words / that is to say / so / thus 说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth syn 告别 告別 gào bié to leave / to part from / to bid farewell to / to say goodbye to syn 说不出 說不出 shuō bu chū unable to say 说不定 說不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure / maybe syn 何况 何況 hé kuàng let alone / to say nothing of / besides / what's more syn 招呼 zhāo hu to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not syn 祈祷 祈禱 qí dǎo to pray / to say a prayer syn 两句 兩句 liǎng jù (say) a few words 废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense / rubbish / superfluous words / You don't say! / No kidding! (gently sarcastic) syn 还说 還說 hái shuō to add (in speaking) / to also say 别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of / not to mention / let alone 无言 無言 wú yán to remain silent / to have nothing to say 喝道 hè dào to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted) / (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way syn 表态 表態 biǎo tài to declare one's position / to say where one stands 倾诉 傾訴 qīng sù to say everything (that is on one's mind) syn 口服 kǒu fú to take medicine orally / oral (contraceptive etc) / to say that one is convinced syn 坦言 tǎn yán to say candidly / to acknowledge frankly 俗话说 俗話說 sú huà shuō as the proverb says / as they say... 告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye / to take one's leave syn 据称 據稱 jù chēng it is said / allegedly / according to reports / or so they say syn 连声 連聲 lián shēng repeatedly (say something) 一言不发 一言不發 yī yán bù fā to not say a word (idiom) syn 问好 問好 wèn hǎo to say hello to / to send one's regards to syn 亲口 親口 qīn kǒu one's own mouth / fig. in one's own words / to say sth personally 说不上 說不上 shuō bu shàng to be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning syn 说了算 說了算 shuō le suàn to have the final say / to be the one in charge syn 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide / to have the final say 茄子 qié zi eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) / aubergine / brinjal / Guinea squash / phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed) / equivalent of "say cheese" 