奇葩
qí pā
Pinyin

Definition

奇葩
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qí pā
  1. exotic flower
  2. (fig.) marvel
  3. prodigy
  4. (slang) weirdo
  5. outlandish

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chuán qí
  1. 1 legendary
  2. 2 fantasy saga
  3. 3 romance
  4. 4 short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
qí bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
qí guài
  1. 1 strange
  2. 2 odd
  3. 3 to marvel
  4. 4 to be baffled
qí jì
  1. 1 miracle
  2. 2 miraculous
  3. 3 wonder
  4. 4 marvel
hào qí
  1. 1 inquisitive
  2. 2 curious
  3. 3 inquisitiveness
  4. 4 curiosity

Idioms (18)

不足为奇
bù zú wéi qí
  1. 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
啧啧称奇
zé zé chēng qí
  1. 1 to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom)
  2. 2 to be astonished
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped

Sample Sentences

小学时候我们班就有三类人:“仙人”就是那种看各种高端怪书的奇葩(比如卡尔维诺的《宇宙奇趣全集》);“完人”这种人会跳舞会唱歌会主持节目会各种乐器,还奥数好英语好钢琴八级;还有一种人没啥当,只好当“井货”(横竖都是二)。
xiǎoxué shíhou wǒmen bān jiù yǒu sān lèi rén :“xiānrén ”jiùshì nàzhǒng kàn gèzhǒng gāoduān guài shū de qípā (bǐrú kǎ ěr wéi nuò de 《yǔzhòu qíqù quánjí 》);“wánrén ”zhèzhǒng rén huì tiàowǔ huì chànggē huì zhǔchí jiémù huì gèzhǒng yuèqì ,hái ÀoShù hǎo Yīngyǔ hǎo gāngqín bā jí ;háiyǒu yīzhǒng rén méi shá dāng ,zhǐhǎo dāng “jǐng huò ”(héngshu dōu shì èr )。
There were three kinds of people in my elementary school: the Merlin - nerds who read all kinds of wired high-end books (like Calvino’s Trolltech Universe Collection); the Paragon - the kids who could sing, dance, host games, play instruments, were good at all subjects, and could play piano like a professional; what was left were those kids who couldn’t be either, so they could only be “lol"s (It is lol either way).
遇到小F样的前台奇葩,把惜墨如金发展到极致,多一个字都懒得再说,去办事前,得先在网上弄清相关手续,最好自食其力做足功课,别指望从小F嘴里抠出一个有用的字。
yùdào xiǎo F yàng de qiántái qípā ,bǎ xímòrújiān fāzhǎn dào jízhì ,duō yī ge zì dōu lǎndé zàishuō ,qù bànshì qián ,děi xiān zài wǎngshàng nòngqīng xiāngguān shǒuxù ,zuìhǎo zìshíqílì zuòzú gōngkè ,bié zhǐwàng cóngxiǎo F zuǐlǐ kōuchū yī ge yǒuyòng de zì 。
Or meeting the weird Little F person at the front desk, who is stingy to the extreme with their words, too lazy to say more than one word, before starting the paperwork, you must first clearly understand the relevant procedures online, it's best to do your own homework and not expect to dig out one useful word from Little F's mouth.
诺,相公!哈哈,对啦,你表妹单位的那个奇葩男同事现在还在锲而不舍地追她吗?
nuò ,xiànggōng !hāhā ,duì la ,nǐ biǎomèi dānwèi de nàge qípā nán tóngshì xiànzài háizài qièérbùshě de zhuī tā ma ?
Yes, sire! Ha ha! Oh yes, is that weird coworker of hers still chasing her like a dog on heat?
这也不能怪导演怪编剧了,要怪就怪广电总局吧,出了个奇葩的文件,规定建国以后动物不能成精,真是亏他们想得出来。
zhè yě bùnéng guài dǎoyǎn guài biānjù le ,yào guài jiù guài guǎngdiànzǒngjú ba ,chū le gè qípā de wénjiàn ,guīdìng jiànguó yǐhòu dòngwù bùnéng chéng jīng ,zhēn shì kuī tāmen xiǎng de chūlái 。
You can't really blame the directors or the screen writers for that, if you want to blame anyone blame the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television for issuing all these bizarre proclamations and rules stating that from the founding of the country animals cannot become spirits, it makes you wonder how they came up with it.