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奇幻 (qí huàn) — fantastic; visionary; fantasy (genre)

Definition

Refers to the fantasy genre — imaginative worlds, magic, supernatural elements (in films, novels, games). Distinct from 科幻 (sci-fi, science-based) and 玄幻 (Xianxia/martial-fantasy with Chinese cultivation themes).

verb
fantasticvisionaryfantasy (genre)

Examples

  • 奇幻。
    Zhè bù qí huàn diàn yǐng fēi cháng shòu huān yíng.
    This fantasy film is very popular.
  • 奇幻。
    Tā xǐ huan kàn qí huàn xiǎo shuō.
    She likes reading fantasy novels.
  • 奇幻。
    Zhè ge yóu xì de shì jiè guān hěn qí huàn.
    The worldview of this game is very imaginative.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

奇qístrange
幻huànfantastic

奇 means strange and 幻 means fantastic, together expressing imaginative fantasy.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
大大dàbig; great
Sound part声符shēngfú
可
可kě奇
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

奇 pairs 大 (big; great) with 可, a sound part.

Open 奇 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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