# 古怪
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǔguài
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gu$^2$ gwaai$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'gu$^3$ guai$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kú-koai
    (Hailu, HRS): gu$^ˊ$ guai$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gu$^3$ guai$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gū-*guái
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-koài
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gu$^2$ gwaai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǔguài
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǔguài
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^3$-kuai$^4$
*** Yale: gǔ-gwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuguay
*** Palladius: гугуай (guguaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gu$^2$ gwaai$^3$
*** Yale: gú gwaai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gu$^2$ gwaai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gu$^2$ guai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuː³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'gu$^3$ guai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈku²¹³⁻¹³ kuai³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú-koai
*** Hakka Romanization System: gu$^ˋ$ guai
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gu$^3$ guai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku³¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gu$^ˊ$ guai$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku²⁴⁻³³ kuai¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gu$^3$ guai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku³¹ kuaɪ⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gū-*guái
*** Sinological IPA : /ku³³⁻⁵⁵ kuɑi²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-koài
*** Tâi-lô: kóo-kuài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kofkoaix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: gu$^2$ gwaai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ku³³ kʷai⁵⁵/

### Adjective

古怪
* eccentric; odd; strange
* (Meixian Hakka) comical; funny; amusing; witty
* (Eastern Min) cunning; deceitful

#### Synonyms

* (eccentric):
* 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān) (literary)
* 各樣／各样 (gèyàng) (Eastern Min; Southern Min)
* 各鱉／各鳖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 奇巧 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 奇幻 (qíhuàn)
* 奇怪 (qíguài)
* 奇異／奇异 (qíyì)
* 巧奇 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 巧怪 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 怪 (guài)
* 怪僻 (guàipì) (literary)
* 怪奇 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 怪死 (Hokkien)
* 怪異／怪异 (guàiyì)
* 日怪 (reh$^4$ guai$^3$) (Jin)
* 有空 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 稀奇 (xīqí)
* 詭異／诡异 (guǐyì)
* 趣怪 (Hakka)
* 蹊蹺／蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
* 離奇／离奇 (líqí)
* 龜怪／龟怪 (Hokkien)
* (comical):
* 古味 (Hakka)
* 可笑 (kěxiào)
* 好笑 (hǎoxiào)
* 幽默 (yōumò)
* 搞笑 (gǎoxiào)
* 滑稽
* 詼諧／诙谐 (huīxié)
* 風趣／风趣 (fēngqù)
* (cunning):
* 世故 (shìgù)
* 刁 (diāo)
* 刁滑 (diāohuá)
* 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān)
* 刁頑／刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
* 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
* 圓泛／圆泛 (yenn$^2$ fan$^4$) (Xiang)
* 圓滑／圆滑 (yuánhuá)
* 圞泛／𪢮泛 (lonn$^2$ fan$^4$) (Xiang)
* 奸宄 (Hokkien)
* 奸巧 (Hokkien)
* 奸狡
* 奸猾 (jiānhuá)
* 奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
* 姦刁／奸刁 ($^1$ke-tiau) (Wu)
* 姦詐／奸诈 (jiānzhà)
* 油滑 (yóuhuá)
* 滑
* 滑頭／滑头 (huátóu)
* 狡怪 (káu-koài) (Hokkien)
* 狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
* 狡獪／狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
* 狡詐／狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
* 狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
* 詭詐／诡诈 (guǐzhà)
* 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
* 陰濕／阴湿 (jam$^1$ sap$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 陰險／阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
* 頑惡／顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)

#### Descendants

* → Korean: 고괴(古怪) (gogoe)