STRANGE  奇怪怪

FEW:rare AND NOT EXPECTED.
UNUSUALODDCURIOUSPECULIARFUNNYBIZARREWEIRDUNCANNYQUEERUNEXPECTEDUNFAMILIARATYPICALANOMALOUSOUT OF THE ORDINARYEXTRAORDINARYPUZZLINGMYSTIFYINGMYSTERIOUSPERPLEXINGBAFFLINGUNACCOUNTABLEINEXPLICABLESINGULARFREAKISHSUSPICIOUSQUESTIONABLEEERIEUNNATURALINFORMAL FISHYBIZARROCREEPYSPOOKY
Antonym
  • ORDINARYCOMMON AND INFERIOR to what is EXCELLENT.
    • COMMONEXISTING IN MANY THINGS OR PLACES.
      Hypernym
      • FEWSMALL in QUANTITY.
        • QUANTITYDEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED.
          • DEGREEFEATURE of MORE or LESS.
            • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
      See also
      • DIFFERENTRELATION of NOT MUTUALLY RESEMBLING.
        • CRAZYVOLUNTARILY DIFFERENT from CUSTOM.
          Hyponym
          • EXOTIC　STRANGE AND CAUSING INTENSE CURIOSITY AND INTEREST.
            • EERY　STRANGE SO AS TO CAUSE ABSTRACT FEAR AND WORRY.
              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 ／

              • 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

              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
              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
              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
              尤  yóu OC: ɢʷɯ MC: ɦɨu 2 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • nsubjectoutstanding specimen, remarkable case
              • vadNextraordinary, out of the ordinary; amazing
              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
              怪  guài OC: kruuds MC: kɣɛi 2 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • v[adN]strange things
              倚  yǐ MC: 'jeX OC: qralʔLZ 2 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • vadNnegative= qí 奇: deviantLZ
              • vadNneutralstrangeLZ
              怪  guài 2 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • v[adN]weird thingsLZ
              嵬  wéi MC: ngwoj OC: ŋɡuulLZ 2 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • v[adN]weird [appearance]LZ
              • vadNweirdLZ
              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
              倚魁  yǐ kuí OC: qralʔ khuul MC: ʔiɛ khuo̝i 1 Attribution
                Syntactic words
              • VPadNextraordinary, strange
              奇  qí MC: -- OC: ɡralLZ 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: ɡralLZ 1 Attribution
                Syntactic words
              • vadN(= qí 奇) eccentricLZ
              訞怪  yāo guài MC: 'jew kweajH OC: qrow kruudsLZ 1 Attribution
                Syntactic words
              • VPi(= yao1guai4 妖怪) monstrous, extremely weirdLZ
              離縰  lí xǐ MC: lje srjeX OC: b-rel srelʔLZ 1 Attribution
                Syntactic words
              • VPiactbehave eccentrically (probably = lízong1 離蹤)LZ
              跂訾  qí zǐ MC: gjie tsjeX OC: ɡe tseʔLZ 1 Attribution
                Syntactic words
              • VPibehave eccentrically, deliberately dinstinguish oneself from others (possibly = qíci3 歧跐)LZ
              憰怪  jué guài MC: kwet kweajH OC: kʷliid kruudsCH 1 Attribution
                Syntactic words
              • VP[adN]strange thingsCH
              奇偉  qí wěi MC: -- hjw+jX OC: ɡral ɢulʔDS 1 Attribution
                Syntactic words
              • VPadNnegativestrange; weirdDS
              多  duō OC: k-laal MC: tɑ 0 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNputative(?) find strange; be surprised at, make much of
              狂人  kuáng rén OC: ɡʷaŋ njin MC: gi̯ɐŋ ȵin 0 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • NPan eccentric
              物  wù OC: mɯd MC: mi̯ut 0 Attributions
                Syntactic words
              • nabeventmonstrous event; monstrous occurence; monster

              Existing SW for

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