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怪

guài · guai

Traditional 恠

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Meaning

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guài 怪

  1. bewildering
  2. odd
  3. strange
  4. uncanny
  5. devil
  6. monster
  7. to wonder at
  8. to blame
  9. quite
  10. rather

guài 恠

  1. variant of 怪 (guài)
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In a conversation

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The strange noise

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)听(tīng)，冰箱(bīngxiāng)的(de)声音(shēngyīn)好(hǎo)怪(guài)。

    Listen, the fridge sounds very strange.

  2. Liangliang

    真(zhēn)的(de)有点(yǒudiǎn)怪(guài)。

    It really is a bit strange.

  3. Dengdeng

    是(shì)不(bù)是(shì)坏(huài)了(le)？

    Is it broken?

  4. Liangliang

    哦(ò)，是(shì)我(wǒ)的(de)手机(shǒujī)在(zài)响(xiǎng)，我(wǒ)放(fàng)在(zài)冰箱(bīngxiāng)上(shàng)了(le)。

    Oh, it is my phone ringing. I put it on top of the fridge.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)不(bù)能(néng)怪(guài)冰箱(bīngxiāng)了(le)。

    Then we cannot blame the fridge.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)睡(shuì)午(wǔ)觉(jiào)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)做(zuò)了(le)个(gè)怪(guài)梦(mèng)。

While napping, I had a strange dream.

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02

这(zhè)件(jiàn)事(shì)不(bù)能(néng)怪(guài)他(tā)，他(tā)已(yǐ)经(jīng)尽(jìn)力(lì)了(le)。

You can't blame him for this; he already did his best.

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