STRANGE    奇怪怪

FEW:rare AND NOT EXPECTED.
UNUSUALODDCURIOUSPECULIARFUNNYBIZARREWEIRDUNCANNYQUEERUNEXPECTEDUNFAMILIARATYPICALANOMALOUSOUT OF THE ORDINARYEXTRAORDINARYPUZZLINGMYSTIFYINGMYSTERIOUSPERPLEXINGBAFFLINGUNACCOUNTABLEINEXPLICABLESINGULARFREAKISHSUSPICIOUSQUESTIONABLEEERIEUNNATURALINFORMAL FISHYBIZARROCREEPYSPOOKY
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for things strange is guài 怪 (ant. cháng 常 "ordinary"). 2. Qí 奇 (ant. fán 凡 "perfectly ordinary") refers to the positive quality of being remarkable and unusual. 3. Yì 異 (ant. cháng 常 "ordinary") focusses on something being out of the ordinary.
Modern Chinese Criteria
奇怪 古怪 詭怪 怪誕 希奇 希罕 新奇 奇妙 奇特 離奇 奇異 怪異 怪 奇 蹊蹺 蹺蹊 詭異 怪譎 詭譎 見鬼 活見鬼 光怪陸離 千奇百怪 怪�堜�氣 古�堨 j 怪 怪模怪樣 怪誕不經 刁鑽古怪 無奇不有 聞所未聞 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • EXOTIC　STRANGE AND CAUSING INTENSE CURIOSITY AND INTEREST. (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
  • EERY　STRANGE SO AS TO CAUSE ABSTRACT FEAR AND WORRY. (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • ORDINARYCOMMON AND INFERIOR to what is EXCELLENT.
  • COMMONEXISTING IN MANY THINGS OR PLACES.
See also
  • DIFFERENTRELATION of NOT MUTUALLY RESEMBLING.
  • CRAZYVOLUNTARILY DIFFERENT from CUSTOM.
Hypernym
  • FEW　SMALL in QUANTITY. (anc: 6/0, child: 3)
  • QUANTITY　DEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED. (anc: 5/0, child: 3)
  • DEGREE　FEATURE of MORE or LESS. (anc: 4/0, child: 4)
  • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 451

    ABSURDUM

    ob monstrositatem auditu indignum.

  • “荀子”單音節形容詞同義關係研究 ( HUANG XIAODONG 2003) p. 250

  • “孟子”同義詞研究 ( MENGZI TONGYI 2002) p. 104

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 745

    異，怪

    1. WL fails to note that yi4 異 indicates deviation from a norm (only by extension positive deviation), any kind of strangeness, whereas qi2 奇 typically indicates positive deviation and sometimes even uniqueness.

    2. WL fails to make it clear whether the reference is to the word ji1 奇 or qi2 奇.

    • Words (26 items)

    怪  guài OC: kruuds MC: kɣɛi 19 Attributions

    The current general word for things strange is guài 怪 (ant. cháng 常 "ordinary") .

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 災 / 菑/DISASTER Zāi 災 refers to a natural disaster, typically sent down by Heaven.
    • Contrast: 異/STRANGE Yì 異 (ant. cháng 常 "ordinary") focusses on something being out of the ordinary.
    • Contrast: 神/SUPERNATURAL The general and very common term referring to whatever is supernatural or divine in any way, and thus superior to what is ordinarily human or natural, is shén 神.
    • Contrast: 詭/STRANGE
    • Assoc: 奇/STRANGE Qí 奇 (ant. fán 凡 "perfectly ordinary") refers to the positive quality of being remarkable and unusual.
    • Assoc: 妖 / 祅/INAUSPICIOUS Yāo 妖/祅 refers to concrete inauspicious events like animal misfosters.
    • Assoc: 變/CHANGE The most current general words for objective and typically abrupt change are biàn 變 "change from one's original state to become something different" (ant. héng �� "remain constant").

      Syntactic words
    • nab.tthe finding strange of someone or somethingCH
    • v[adN]actweird thingsLZ
    • v[adN]subjectthat which is strange> strange spirits
    • vadNstrange; exotic
    • vistrange, monstrous
    • vtoNputativemarvel atCH
    異  yì OC: p-lɯɡs MC: jɨ 17 Attributions

    Yì 異 (ant. cháng 常 "ordinary") focusses on something being out of the ordinary.

      Syntactic words
    • nabeventdifferent> extraordinary event
    • nabmetaphysicaldifferent and strange characteristic
    • v[adN]disastrous events, strange disastersCH
    • vadNDIFFERING FROM THE EXPECTED> extraordinary, out of the ordinary, differing from what one might expect; eccentric
    • vito be strange; to be surprising
    • vt+prep+NPab{S}consider as stange the fact, that...; be surprised by the fact, that..(異於)
    • vtoNputativeconsider as strange, find very odd; be astonished by
    奇  qí MC: -- OC: ɡral 7 Attributions

    Qí 奇 (ant. fán 凡 "perfectly ordinary") refers to the positive quality of being remarkable and unusual.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 凡/ORDINARY The current general word for "ordinary" is fán 凡 (ant. qí 奇 "remarkable").
    • Epithet: 兵/WEAPON Bīng 兵 refers to warfare as a military practice rather than as a political means to achieve ends, and it is significant that the word has no obvious antonym.
    • Assoc: 怪/STRANGE The current general word for things strange is guài 怪 (ant. cháng 常 "ordinary") .
    • Assoc: 譎/STRANGE
    • Synon: 偉/STRANGE

      Syntactic words
    • nabactacting in an extraordinary wayDS
    • nabfeaturestrangeness; extraoridiness
    • nnon-humanstrange things
    • vadNdeviant, strange and inappropriate; irregular
    • vibe unusual; be extraordinary
    異人  yì rén OC: p-lɯɡs njin MC: jɨ ȵin 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPextraordinary person; strange unknown person
    未曾有  wèi zēng yǒu OC: mɯds tsɯɯŋ ɢʷɯʔ MC: mɨi tsəŋ ɦɨu 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP[adN]what one has never had before: the unprecedented
    • VPibe unprecedented > be miraculous
    狂  kuáng OC: ɡʷaŋ MC: gi̯ɐŋ 3 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • vadNbizarre or strange (person)
    • vibe bizarre, be absurdCH
    • vi.redbe utterly absurd, be completely "insane"CH
    • vtoV[0]putativeconsider to be V-ingCH
    詭  guǐ OC: krolʔ MC: kiɛ 2 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • vadNstrange and deceitful; sophistical
    • vibe weird; be sophistical
    譎  jué OC: kʷliid MC: ket 2 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 詭/STRANGE
    • Assoc: 奇/STRANGE Qí 奇 (ant. fán 凡 "perfectly ordinary") refers to the positive quality of being remarkable and unusual.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNstrange and extravagant
    • vibe strange and extravagantCH
    倚  yǐ MC: 'jeX OC: qralʔ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNnegative= qí 奇: deviantLZ
    • vadNneutralstrangeLZ
    尤  yóu OC: ɢʷɯ MC: ɦɨu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nsubjectoutstanding specimen, remarkable case
    • vadNextraordinary, out of the ordinary; amazing
    嵬  wéi MC: ngwoj OC: ŋɡuul 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]weird [appearance]LZ
    • vadNweirdLZ
    怪  guài OC: kruuds MC: kɣɛi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]strange things
    怪  guài 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]weird thingsLZ
    訞怪  yāo guài MC: 'jew kweajH OC: qrow kruuds 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPi(= yao1guai4 妖怪) monstrous, extremely weirdLZ
    奇偉  qí wěi MC: -- hjw+jX OC: ɡral ɢulʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNnegativestrange; weirdDS
    憰怪  jué guài MC: kwet kweajH OC: kʷliid kruuds 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VP[adN]strange thingsCH
    跂訾  qí zǐ MC: gjie tsjeX OC: ɡe tseʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibehave eccentrically, deliberately dinstinguish oneself from others (possibly = qíci3 歧跐)LZ
    離縰  lí xǐ MC: lje srjeX OC: b-rel srelʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactbehave eccentrically (probably = lízong1 離蹤)LZ
    倚魁  yǐ kuí OC: qralʔ khuul MC: ʔiɛ khuo̝i 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNextraordinary, strange
    偉  wěi OC: ɢulʔ MC: ɦɨi 1 Attribution

      Word relations
    • Synon: 奇/STRANGE Qí 奇 (ant. fán 凡 "perfectly ordinary") refers to the positive quality of being remarkable and unusual.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNstrange, outrageous
    奇  qí MC: -- OC: ɡral 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadVstrangely, eccentricallyLZ
    密  mì 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • viabstractbe more significant than appears on the surface, have non-trivial depthCH
    琦  qí MC: -- OC: ɡral 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadN(= qí 奇) eccentricLZ
    狂人  kuáng rén OC: ɡʷaŋ njin MC: gi̯ɐŋ ȵin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPan eccentric
    多  duō OC: k-laal MC: tɑ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNputative(?) find strange; be surprised at, make much of
    物  wù OC: mɯd MC: mi̯ut 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabeventmonstrous event; monstrous occurence; monster