怪异 guàiyì monstrous
monstrous; strange; strange phenomenon
How to remember 怪异: 怪 unusual + 异 different = monstrous.
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How it is used
- Weird and unsettling - strange in an eerie, off way rather than merely unusual - 怪异的声音 (guàiyì de shēngyīn) an eerie sound, 行为怪异 (xíngwéi guàiyì) bizarre behavior.
- Stronger and more negative than 奇怪 (qíguài, strange/odd); 怪异 carries a creepy or abnormal edge.
- More written in register; suits descriptions of the uncanny.