奇巧

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skilful; timely
simp. and trad. (奇巧)		奇	巧
anagram		巧奇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíqiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kei⁴ haau²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): kei³ kau²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-kháu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-khá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíqiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíciǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-chʻiao³
    • Yale: chí-chyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyicheau
    • Palladius: цицяо (cicjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ haau²
    • Yale: kèih háau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ haau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ hao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ haːu̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: kei³ kau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei²² kʰau⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-kháu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˇ kau^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki² kau³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ kʰau̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-khá
    • Tâi-lô: kî-khá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'qar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² kʰa⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² kʰa⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ kʰa⁴¹/

Adjective

奇巧

1. ingenious; clever
2. strange and cunning
3. (Quanzhou Hokkien) strange and rare

Proper noun

奇巧

1. Kit Kat (chocolate-covered wafer bar)

Synonyms

• (ingenious):

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• 奇妙 (qímiào)
• 妙 (miào) (literary, or in compounds)
• 巧妙 (qiǎomiào)
• 神奇 (shénqí)
• 神妙 (shénmiào)
• 神秘 (shénmì)

 

• (strange):

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• 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān) (literary)
• 古怪 (gǔguài)
• 各樣／各样 (gèyàng) (Eastern Min; Southern Min)
• 各鱉／各鳖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 奇幻 (qíhuàn)
• 奇怪 (qíguài)
• 奇異／奇异 (qíyì)
• 巧奇 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 巧怪 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 怪 (guài)
• 怪僻 (guàipì) (literary)
• 怪奇 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 怪死 (Hokkien)
• 怪異／怪异 (guàiyì)
• 日怪 (reh⁴ guai³) (Jin)
• 有空 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 稀奇 (xīqí)
• 詭異／诡异 (guǐyì)
• 趣怪 (Hakka)
• 蹊蹺／蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
• 離奇／离奇 (líqí)
• 龜怪／龟怪 (Hokkien)

 

References

• “Entry #3789”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.