Chinese symbol for “quaint”
古里古怪
gǔ lǐ gǔ guài
quaint; odd and picturesque; weird and wonderful
The closest CC-CEDICT match for quaint is 古里古怪 (gǔ lǐ gǔ guài), defined as: quaint; odd and picturesque; weird and wonderful.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 古里古怪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 古代 | gǔ dài | ancient times |
| 古老 | gǔ lǎo | ancient; old |
| 古典 | gǔ diǎn | classical |
| 考古 | kǎo gǔ | archaeology; to engage in archaeological studies |
| 古城 | gǔ chéng | ancient city |
| 古怪 | gǔ guài | strange; weird |
| 这里 (這裏) | zhè lǐ | variant of 这里 (zhè lǐ) |
| 哪里 (哪裏) | nǎ lǐ | where?; somewhere |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange; odd |
See also: Japanese symbol for “quaint”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.