怪裡怪氣

Chinese

		queer; to blame	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing	queer; to blame	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (怪裡怪氣/怪裏怪氣)		怪	裡/裏	怪	氣
simp. (怪里怪气)		怪	里	怪	气

Etymology

A裡A氣-type construction composed with 怪 (guài) + 氣 / 气. A裡A氣-type constructions don't necessarily have a semantically corresponding A氣 expression (Gao, 2023).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guàiliguàiqì, guàilǐguàiqì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄧˋ, ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai³ leoi⁵ gwaai³ hei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guàiliguàiqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guàili̊guàicì
  - Wade–Giles: kuai⁴-li⁵-kuai⁴-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: gwài-li-gwài-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guay.liguaychih
  - Palladius: гуайлигуайци (guajliguajci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ li¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guàilǐguàiqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guàilǐguàicì
  - Wade–Giles: kuai⁴-li³-kuai⁴-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: gwài-lǐ-gwài-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guayliiguaychih
  - Palladius: гуайлигуайци (guajliguajci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaai³ leoi⁵ gwaai³ hei³
  - Yale: gwaai léuih gwaai hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai³ loey⁵ gwaai³ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: guai³ lêu⁵ guai³ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³³ lɵy̯¹³ kʷaːi̯³³ hei̯³³/

Adjective

怪裡怪氣

peculiar; weird; eccentric