蹊 qī
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 足 — foot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
蹊跷
qīqiao
suspicious; odd; fishy
Characters in this word
跷 qiāo
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 足 — foot
- Made of
- 足 foot 尧 a legendary ancient emperor-sage
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这笔资金突然被转出，时间点和审批记录都显得十分蹊跷。 Zhè bǐ zījīn tūrán bèi zhuǎn chū, shíjiān diǎn hé shěnpī jìlù dōu xiǎnde shífēn qīqiao. The funds were suddenly transferred out, and both the timing and the approval records seemed highly suspicious.
- 这件事发生得很蹊跷，大家都想不明白。 Zhè jiàn shì fāshēng de hěn qīqiao, dàjiā dōu xiǎng bù míngbai. This happened in a very odd way, and nobody can make sense of it.
- 钥匙明明放在抽屉里，却不见了，真蹊跷。 Yàoshi míngmíng fàng zài chōuti lǐ, què bújiàn le, zhēn qīqiao. The key was clearly in the drawer yet has vanished, how odd.
Related words
- 莫名其妙 mòmíngqímiào inexplicable; baffling
- 离奇 líqí bizarre; strange; extraordinary
- 纳闷儿 nàmènr to feel puzzled; to be bewildered
- 奇特 qítè peculiar; unusual; distinctive
- 难以置信 nányǐzhìxìn unbelievable; hard to believe
- 奇妙 qímiào wonderful; marvellous; subtle and ingenious
- 离谱儿 lípǔr outrageous; absurd; unreasonable
- 盲目 mángmù blind; aimless
- 见仁见智 jiànrénjiànzhì opinions differ; views vary from person to person
- 偏 piān biased; partial; to deviate; rather
- 视野 shìyě field of vision; perspective
- 偏见 piānjiàn prejudice; bias