奇异 (qí yì) — strange, peculiar, bizarre (of things, phenomena, or events); astonished, astounded (of a person's reaction or expression)
Definition
A literary written adjective: 'bizarre / strange' describes odd things or phenomena; 'astonished' describes a stunned reaction. More formal than 奇怪 and stronger than 惊讶.
adjective
strangepeculiarbizarre (of things, phenomena, or events)astonishedastounded (of a person's reaction or expression)
Examples
- 奇异。Zhè zhǒng huā de xíng zhuàng shí fēn qí yì.The shape of this flower is very strange.
- ，奇异。Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā gǎn dào fēi cháng qí yì.Upon hearing this news, he felt extremely astonished.
- 奇异。Hǎi dǐ yǒu xǔ duō qí yì de shēng wù.There are many peculiar creatures on the seabed.
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