怪僻 (guài pì) — eccentric (of personality or behavior)

Definition

adjective
eccentric (of personality or behavior)

Examples

  • 怪僻,。
    Tā de xìng gé hěn guài pì, méi rén néng lǐ jiě tā.
    His personality is very eccentric; no one can understand him.
  • 怪僻。
    Zhè zhǒng guài pì de xíng wéi ràng tā xiǎn de yǔ zhòng bù tóng.
    This kind of eccentric behavior makes him stand out from others.
  • 怪僻,。
    Yǒu xiē rén jué de tā guài pì, dàn wǒ jué de tā hěn yǒu qù.
    Some people think he's eccentric, but I think he's very interesting.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

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

怪guàistrange
僻pìeccentric

'怪' means strange and '僻' means eccentric: an odd personality.

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
忄Written in full as心xīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
圣
圣shèng怪guài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

怪 is built from 忄, a form of 心, which relates to mind or feeling, and 圣, which gives the sound.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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