見怪

見怪

Chinese

		to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	queer; to blame
trad. (見怪)		見	怪
simp. (见怪)		见	怪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànguài

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ gwaai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kien-koai / kian-koai
• Min Nan (POJ): kiàn-koài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiànguài
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannguay
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ gwaai³
    • Yale: gin gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ guai³
    • IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ kʷäːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kien-koai
    • Hakka Romanization System: gien guai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ guai⁴
    • IPA: /ki̯en⁵⁵ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kian-koai
    • Hakka Romanization System: gian guai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gian⁴ guai⁴
    • IPA: /ki̯an⁵⁵ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-koài
    • Tâi-lô: kiàn-kuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiernkoaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ kuai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ kuai²¹/

Verb

見怪

1. (literary) to see something strange
2. to take offence (at the speaker's behaviour); to mind

Derived terms

不見怪／不见怪

見怪不怪／见怪不怪 (jiànguàibùguài)