怪 (guài) means Strange (to blame - monster). Below are 14 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他的脾气有点古 怪 。
Tā de píqi yǒudiǎn gǔguài.
His temperament is a little odd.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 古怪
她脸上的表情很奇 怪 。
Tā liǎn shàng de biǎoqíng hěn qíguài.
The expression on her face was very strange.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 表情
难 怪 他今天这么高兴。
Nánguài tā jīntiān zhème gāoxìng.
No wonder he is so happy today.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 难怪
怪 不得这么冷，下雪了。
Guài bu de zhème lěng, xià xuě le.
No wonder it is so cold; it is snowing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 怪不得
这个装置的形状很古 怪 。
Zhège zhuāngzhì de xíngzhuàng hěn gǔguài.
The shape of this device is very peculiar.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 古怪
我昨天做了一个奇 怪 的梦。
Wǒ zuótiān zuò le yí ge qíguài de mèng.
I had a strange dream yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 梦
房间里有一股奇 怪 的味道。
Fángjiān lǐ yǒu yì gǔ qíguài de wèidao.
There is a strange smell in the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 味道
难 怪 找不到，原来放错了。
Nánguài zhǎo bu dào, yuánlái fàng cuò le.
No wonder I could not find it; it was put in the wrong place.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 难怪
他今天很奇 怪 ，一句话也没说。
Tā jīntiān hěn qíguài, yí jù huà yě méi shuō.
He was odd today — he didn't say a word.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 奇怪
怪 不得他今天没来，原来病了。
Guài bu de tā jīntiān méi lái, yuánlái bìng le.
No wonder he did not come today; he was ill.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 怪不得
出了问题先找原因，别急着责 怪 。
Chū le wèntí xiān zhǎo yuányīn, bié jízhe zéguài.
When something goes wrong, look for the cause first instead of rushing to blame.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 责怪
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From the graded readers
可是奇 怪 的是，没有一个人因此不理我。
kěshì qíguài de / dì shì, méiyǒu yīgè rén yīncǐ bùlǐ wǒ.
But oddly enough, not a single person stopped speaking to me.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
Words that contain 怪
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 怪
How is 怪 used in a sentence?
This page shows 14 sentences using 怪 (guài, "Strange (to blame - monster)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 怪 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 怪 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 怪?
The dictionary page for 怪 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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