quái đản
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Adjective:
- Strange, bizarre, weird: Used to describe something that is extremely unusual, odd, or contrary to normal expectations, often to an unsettling or unbelievable degree.
- Fantastic, outlandish: Can describe something so strange it seems unreal or like it belongs to a fantasy.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Câu chuyện đó nghe thật quái đản. (That story sounds truly bizarre.)
- Anh ta có những ý tưởng quái đản mà không ai hiểu nổi. (He has such outlandish ideas that no one can understand.)
- Cảnh tượng trước mắt thật quái đản và đáng sợ. (The scene before our eyes was weird and frightening.)
Advanced Usage
- "chuyện quái đản": a fantastic/bizarre story; an unbelievable tale.
- Đừng tin vào những chuyện quái đản ấy. (Don't believe those fantastic stories.)
- Used to express strong disbelief or shock at something extremely abnormal.
- Thật là quái đản! Làm sao chuyện đó có thể xảy ra được? (How bizarre! How could that possibly happen?)
Variants and Related Words
- Quái dị (adj): Weird, grotesque. Often used interchangeably with "quái đản" but can imply a more physically grotesque or monstrous strangeness.
- Hình thù quái dị (A grotesque shape)
- Kỳ quái (adj): Peculiar, odd. Slightly less intense than "quái đản," often meaning curiously strange.
- Quái (adj/n): Strange, weird; can also mean "monster." A root word forming many compounds related to strangeness.
Synonyms
- Kỳ lạ: Strange, peculiar.
- Dị thường: Abnormal, anomalous.
- Khác thường: Unusual.
Notes on Meaning
- The word carries a strong negative connotation, implying something is not just strange but disturbingly or unnaturally so. It is not typically used for positive "fantastic" things (like "fantastic weather").
- It often describes events, stories, ideas, or appearances that defy logical explanation or natural law.
- Fantastic
- Chuyện quái đảnA fantastic story